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People April 14, 2014 August 28, 2016

How Lund Washington Saved Mount Vernon

by Michael Cecere

The inhabitants of Alexandria, Virginia, awoke on April 11, 1781 to a disturbing sight. A flotilla of enemy ships that had spent the last…

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I think Patrick deserves praise for raising an awkward and contentious topic. The debate over slavery during the Revolution and its aftermath is bound to be antagonistic. (As can be…