Bring Back Washington's Birthday
Bring Back Washington's Birthday
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The park was established in 1904. Long before the internet, Facebook and Twitter, young folks memorialized romantic relationships and themselves by carving their initials, their names, slogans, and symbols into the bark of trees with their pocket knives.
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
The story behind the legend of George Washington and the cherry tree.
Millie and I paid a visit to Washington Monument State Park this past week on a chilly, overcast April day. We had set up camp at nearby Greenbrier State Park, just a little more than two miles away along the Appalachian Trail.