There are several other areas in the eastern United States administered by the National Park Service which illustrate various aspects of George Washington’s life and public career. These include: Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pa.; Independence National Historical Park, Pa. (which includes the Deshler-Morris House in Germantown, where Washington lived for a short while in 1793 and again in 1794); Morristown National Historical Park, N. J.; Colonial National Historical Park (including Yorktown), Va.; and Federal Hall National Memorial, N. Y.
Administration
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, now containing about 400 acres, was authorized by an act of Congress on January 23, 1930. It is administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. Communications concerning the national monument should be addressed to the superintendent whose address is Washington’s Birthplace, Westmoreland County, Va. Inquiries should not be sent to Wakefield, Va.
Suggested Readings
Eaton, David W. Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Dietz Press. Richmond, Va. 1942.
Eubank, H. Ragland. Touring Historyland: The Authentic Guide Book of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia. Northern Neck Association. Colonial Beach, Va. 1934.
Fitzpatrick, John C. Writings of Washington. 39 vols. Government Printing Office. Washington, D. C. 1931-44.
Ford, Worthington C. Editor. The Writings of George Washington. The Washington Family, Appendix to Vol. 14. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. New York. 1893.
Freeman, Douglas Southall. George Washington, A Biography. Vol. I. Charles Scribner & Sons. New York. 1949.
Hoppin, Charles A. The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson, and Forty Other Colonial American Families. Vol. I. Privately printed by Edward Lee McClain, Greenfield, Ohio, 1932.