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George Washington s historic River Farm is worth saving for reasons beyond the president, historians say

George Washington s historic River Farm is worth saving for reasons beyond the president, historians say
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LaVO: No messing with Eva Piper

LaVO: No messing with Eva Piper Bucks County Courier Times Greg and Karen Galster are kindred spirits in their appreciation of history. They live in a 250-year-old former general store in Pipersville at the intersection of Durham and Dark Hollow Roads. Their residence offers historic glimpses of life in the past. The small village of about 60 residents in Bedminster in Upper Bucks is anchored to the American Revolution. “When we bought the store 35 years ago, the owner gave me a ring with 40 keys and said ‘Congratulations, you’re now the mayor of Pipersville,’ ” Greg smiled. “The key ring didn’t mean we had access to every home in Pipersville, rather it meant the 3-story building with many rooms was once a boarding house in addition to other uses. It’s been a general store, a post office and now an antique/gift shop rented to our neighbor Lynne Gordon who lives in the village. Bedminster Township meetings also once occurred here.”

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A Rexamination of American History and American Icons

Transcript Casey McDermott: I m Casey McDermott, in for Laura Knoy and this is The Exchange. When is the last time you read a presidential biography that does not just focus on that particular politician s biography of their childhood or perhaps their early political career, but also includes lists of things like his pettiest acts or his frenemies. Today on The Exchange, we ll revisit the legacy of perhaps the most mythologized founding father, George Washington, with historian Alexis Coe. She challenges us to rethink not only what we think we know about our first president, but also the notion of whose stories are told and how those stories shape our idea of democracy today. Spoiler alert: A lot of that has to do with who s in power or at least who held power when those stories were being written.

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Two Centuries Later, Diagnosing What Killed George Washington

Life of George Washington The Christian death painted by Junius Brutus Stearns (Source: Library of Congress) December 14 is a sad day at Mount Vernon. Or at least it was in 1799 when George Washington, the father of our country, died of an unknown illness, which came on quickly. The beginning of the end for Washington came two days earlier when he went for a long horseback ride around his plantation in snowy, 30-degree weather. He awoke the next morning with a severe sore throat and the symptoms got progressively worse from there: hoarseness, cough, chills, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, fever and loss of voice.

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WHUT Charlie Rose October 28, 2010

rose: welcomeo thprogra we begin this evening withhe historian garry wills and his memoir entitled outside looking in. well well, i was a bookworm from the beginning. my father said you read too much and you re not going to be a part of anything. and in a way that was true. but in another way the books opened up worlds for me that were profitable and fun. rose: he once paid you not to read a look for a week. yeah, right. rose: and then you took the moy and bought a book. bot my mother and my father had no books in the house and couldn t understand why was such a bookwm. my motr even. didn t graduate from high school. so she went to the doctor and said isn t it unhealthy for his eyes that hereads all th time? anthe doctor said no it s unhell thoi walk. rose: (laughs) we concle this evening with ron chernow,he historian who s written a biography of george washington called waington a life. i discovered that washiton under the sface was a ssionate sensit

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