Mason Locke Weems was born in Maryland in 1759. In 1784, he was ordained a minister by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was the rector of two churches in Maryland
body of a native american. claudia cowan reporting live. hi, claudia. this is called the life of washington and just inside the main lobby of george washingtons will. the san francisco school board says it s ready to spend up to $600,000 to paint over the 1,600 square foot neural that depicts the first president as a soldier a statesman and as a slave owner. along with images of settlers standing over the body of a native american, slaves are depicted in mount vernon. the mural was considered radical when it was installed 83 years ago. now critics want it gone saying it s unfair for students to be exposed to the harmful images. we do we have to explain the pain caused by the visual sense that we see in that building