The Smithsonian Institution is custodian of two important collections of Washington memorabilia. One came from the Lewis family in direct descent from Eleanor P

The catalog of an exhibition in celebration of the 250th anniversary of George Washington's (GW) birth in 1982. The Smithsonian Institution is custodian of 2 im

The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, and other celebrations matter to

Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of George Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication of orig

This is a paper edition reprint of study originally published in 1988 by the U. of California Press. The title refers to the historical process by which Washing