Last updated: June 21, 2021
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Commemoration at the Birthplace
These historic and modern photographs show the process of creating a memorial to George Washington. In the late 1920s, a group of women formed the Wakefield National Memorial Association to commemorate the landscape of George Washington's birthplace.
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Birthplace Monument, 1930 Relocation & Today
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Lowering the monument in 1930
Credit: NPS image
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Monument at the entrance of the park today
Credit: NPS / Stephen Girimont
Memorial House Museum, Brickmaking & Today's Building
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1930s Kiln and bricks
Credit: NPS image
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Memorial House Museum today
Credit: NPS / Stephen Girimont
Colonial Revival Kitchen, 1930 Construction & Today
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1930 Construction of the Colonial Revival Kitchen
Credit: NPS image
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Today's Colonial Revival Kitchen
Credit: NPS / Stephen Girimont
Washington Family Burial Ground, 1930 Design & Today
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Block wall overgrown with vegetation
Credit: NPS image
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Interior of today's Washington Family Burial Ground
Credit: NPS / Stephen Girimont