Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-14

came to trial Mr.. Morgan determined
he would return the viii, which Is now
In the clerks office at Fairfax along
with the will of Gen. washington"
Virginia Deeply interested.
There can be no doubt about the
deep interest of Virginia in the bicen-
tennial," continued Mr.. Moore, land OF
the warm cooperation Of the author
tiles of the State with the United States
Commission. There Is already State
commission, set up under an act of the
State Legislature, and the officials OF
the State, including particularly the
superintendent Of public instruction, are
in contact with the directors of the
Federal Commission.
There can also be little question
that Mount Vernon, then to be acceSSi-
BILE by one Of the finest boulevards in
the world, will be visited In 1882 by
many times the several hundred thou
sand people who have been going there
annually during the last few years.
They will be attracted to Mount YER
non not only as the private residence
Of Washington, but as the place from
which he directed so many Of the patri-
otto plans which were made prior to the
Revolution and for the adoption of the
Constitution and to start the new gov
eminent on its career.
1T is of course altogether probable
that the people who visit Mount Vernon
during the anniversary year will be at
tracted by the points Of interest in
Alexandria City, which was Washing
tons home town, that having been the
county seat of Fairfax County until
1900, the year after his death. One Of
the chief points of interest in Alexan-
dria is Old Christ Church, Of which
Washington was a vestryman.
There In the present Masonic lodge
rooms is a fine portrait of Washington
and the very Masonic implements
which he used in laying the corner
stone OF the Capitol at Washington,
and there will soon be completed what
will probably be the greatest Masonic
building in the world the splendid tenn
pie which Is being erected on the out
skirts OF the hill from which there Is a
wonderful view Of Washington City and
the surrounding country.
Here can be seen the Carlisle House,
In which Braddock conferred with the
Colonial governors before making his
westward march, and the monument at
the place from which he started his
army toward Fort Du Quesne.
Many Places OF Interest.
"There will be thousands of people
going to Wakefield, in Westmoreland
County, Washington's birthplace; to
the farm across the Rappahannock
River from Fredericksburg, where he
spent his childhood days; TO the house
in Fredericksburg, where his mother
subsequently lived and died and where
she bade him farewell when he was
leaving to be inaugurated President in
New York, and TO the KENMORE House,
which was occupied by his sister, Mrs.
Betty Lewis, the beautiful frescoes in
which he designed.
From Fredericksburg it is an easy
trip TO the White House Farm on the
Pamunkey River, where he was mar
ried: to Williamsburg, where as quiet
member of the House Of Burgesses he
exerted 50 much influence, and to
Yorktown, where he won the victory
colonies. incidentally, it may be noted
as fact Of interest that the land on
which the surrender of CORVALLIS took
place had been owned by an ancestor
| of Gen. Washington.
"The Bicentennial Commission will
probably publish a map showing all Of
| the places with which Washington was
| identified, and so many of those places
are in Virginia that the State Is apt To
| be thronged with visitors during the
bicentennial year. Perhaps some oil
them will wish to follow the steps OF
| Washington when he was a youth of 10
through the Blue Ridge Mountains
and into Clarke County, where at that
early age he started his surveying work
| for Lord Fairfax. 1t is easy to believe
that Virginia, which is now threaded
by hard roads, with hundreds of his.
torical markers along them, will have
remarkable quota of visitors in 1882.