history
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Two Roads from Mount Vernon: William Lee, Harry Washington, and Revolutionary Freedom
Pull up a chair, let’s talk history. In July 1784, George Washington wrote from Mount Vernon to a Philadelphia merchant about a family matter that was not Washington’s own. William Lee, the man who had served as his valet throughout… Continue reading
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke: What the Evidence Actually Suggests
Pull up a chair; let’s talk history. When John White stepped ashore on Roanoke Island in August 1590, he found an abandoned settlement. The houses had disappeared. A defensive palisade stood where the colonists had lived. One tree bore the… Continue reading
