General Washington's Christmas farewell a Mount Vernon homecoming, 1783

One of America's greatest Christmas stories and also one of its very first - from the period between the end of the Revolutionary War and the ratification of the Constitution - was a creation of none other than George Washington. The story isn't just about Washington coming home for Christmas for th...

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Main Author: Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, c2003.
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