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The George Washington Birthplace National Monument is a national monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at the confluence of Popes Creek and the Potomac River. It commemorates the birthplace location of George Washington, a Founding Father and the first President of the United States, who was born here on February 22, 1732.
The back was built in 1860 with the front added in 1873 by Moses Cherry. Martin Gruenewald purchased the house shortly thereafter and resided there for 50 years. The Gruenewald House is operated as a house museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Anderson Downtown Historic District.
Matthias Grünewald ( c. 1470 – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart [1]) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century. Only ten paintings—including several polyptychs —and thirty-five drawings ...
Andersonville. Georgia. 515.61 acres (2.0866 km 2 ) The Andersonville National Historic Site, a former Confederate prisoner-of-war camp, is located near Andersonville, Georgia. The prison operated during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War, February 1864 - April 1865.
The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Fairview, Kentucky. The site's focal point is a 351-foot (107.0 m) concrete obelisk. [2] In 1973, it was believed to be the fourth-tallest monument in the United States ...
September 8, 1959. ( 1959-September-08) Designated NHP. October 15, 1966. ( 1966-October-15) Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is a designated U.S. historic park preserving two separate farm sites in LaRue County, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born and lived early in his childhood. He was born at the Sinking Spring site ...
Years active. 1979–present. Website. jeffgreenwald .com. Jeff Greenwald (born March 6, 1954, in the Bronx, New York) is a best-selling author, photographer, and monologist. He now resides in Oakland, California. [1]
Locator map of the forest (shown in orange) in Berliner territory. Grunewald ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁuːnəˌvalt] ⓘ) is a German forest located in the western side of Berlin on the east side of the Havel, mainly in the Grunewald locality. At 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) it is the largest green area in the city of Berlin.