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IN THE HOUSE AND GARDEN OF WASHINGTON'S MOTHER

In Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the home occupied by Mary Washington while her illustrious son was winning the War of American Independence. When Kenmore was dedicated recently (see Color Plate VI), the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities held costume ceremonies here.

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ON THE QUADRANGLE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA The porticoed library of this venerable institution of learning at Charlottesville, Virginia, is flanked by the colonnaded residences of its faculty.

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MONTICELLO, THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

It is interesting to note the striking similarity in the architecture of the residence of the founder of Virginia's university, and of its library (see above).

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It is not mere trite phraseology to speak of these matchless Winesaps as "fit for a king;" many of them are shipped to Europe for royal tables.

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CELEBRATING THE DEDICATION OF KENMORE: FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA

Many histories of the Revolution overlook the share which Colonel Fielding Lewis had in the achievement of American Independence. It was he
who, perhaps inspired by his wife, General Washington's favorite sister, Betty, provided the ordnance which armed the colonial forces. His estate,
near Fredericksburg, has been rescued from decay, and restored recently by the Kenmore Association. The restoration was made the occasion for a
pageant reenacting the scene when Washington and his generals returned triumphant to Fredericksburg after Yorktown.

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Aunt Lucy has nursed three generations of Virginians. She now spends her winters in New York, but when spring comes the lowly cabin on the mountainside calls her back to Sperryville.

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