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JOHN WASHINGTON 5
LAWRENCE WASHINGTON 6
AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON 10
Early Life 10
First Marriage 10
Purchase of Popes Creek Farm 12
Building the Birthplace Home 12
The Birthplace 12
Second Marriage 14
Virginia in 1732 14
GEORGE WASHINGTON 16
THE DISASTROUS FIRE 22
A CENTURY OF NEGLECT 23
THE SAVING OF WASHINGTON’S BIRTHPLACE 27
GUIDE TO THE AREA 33
HOW TO REACH THE MONUMENT 43
ABOUT YOUR VISIT 43
RELATED AREAS 44
ADMINISTRATION 44
SUGGESTED READINGS 44

George Washington, colonel of the Virginia militia at the age of 40. From a painting by Charles Willson Peale. Courtesy, Washington and Lee University.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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