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They Lived Near: George Washington

Monday is Washington’s Birthday and I am thinking about an ancestor who lived near him. I decided this would be a good time for the second entry in my They Lived Near: series. The first entry in the series was … Continue reading

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Remembering Washington

I had planned on writing something about Washington’s Birthday on Saturday, but my mind wandered elsewhere. February 22 was the actual birthday of George Washington. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 set the celebration of Washington’s Birthday on a … Continue reading

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