Creating in Abstraction: A Group Exhibition of 11 Global Contemporary Artists
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Apr 14, 2019
You are invited to listen, share family stories – written or passed along through generations – and learn from this remarkable slice of local history that intersected with people and issues of national importance.
Many Americans know that George Washington freed his slaves in his will, but fewer know that more than half of those enslaved at Mount Vernon were actually owned by Martha Washington and remained in bondage. After Martha’s death in 1802, these slaves were dispersed to her grandchildren.
However her grandson George Washington Parke Custis–builder of the iconic mansion above Arlington Cemetery–freed a number of women and children with the help of Quaker friends in Alexandria. One such ... view more »
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17715 Meeting House Rd, Sandy Spring, MD 20860