The Woman Who Saved George Washington's Home
The Birth of America's Historic Preservation Movement
What happens when one of America's most historic homes falls into disrepair, its owner wants to sell, and neither the state nor federal government steps forward to save it?
In 1853, one woman's determination helped change the answer forever.
Ann Pamela Cunningham wasn't an architect, developer, or real estate investor. Yet she organized a nationwide campaign that saved George Washington's Mount Vernon and helped establish the foundation of America's historic preservation movement.
Her extraordinary story reminds us that a property's value isn't always measured in dollars.
Sometimes, it's measured in the history we refuse to lose.
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