Beallair, one of the Washington family homes, is located at 73 Claymont Hill Street in Charles Town. (Photo by Tabitha Johnston) CHARLES TOWN — Long before it was incorporated in 1801, Jefferson ...
The names of people who were enslaved on George’s Washington’s Mount Vernon estate are inscribed on the walls of what was their home: Tom Nokes. Vina. Barbara. Their names are grouped together by ...
The trauma of losing its first leader, George Washington, was greatly felt by a new nation. Ezra Stiles, a pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and later president of ...