Wakefield, birthplace of Washington shown in an advertisement for Kennedy's (La Crosse, Kansas), 1912-01-02

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- Container MS 014-2-02- item 837

Staff Only

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copies of Materials

Dates

Other: 1912-01-02

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: "By her who in this month is born, No gems but garnets shall be worn; They will insure her constancy, True friendship and fidelity." - "Happy New Year" Can Be Made Happier Still With Gifts from Our Store. - KENNEDY'S Artistic Jewelry, Optical Work Cut Glass, Art China, Etc. La Crosse, Kansas. January 1912 calendar

Back: Wakefield, Birthplace of Washington. Once, ah! once within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls - The Father of his Country dwelt. - Longfellow. Wakefield was the name given the grant of land secured by Washington's great-grand-father in 1667. It included about one thousand acres along the Potomac, between Pope and Bridge's creeks, in Westmoreland county, Virginia. The house was the typical settler's home of the period, comprising four rooms of fair size on the first floor, with a loft above. It is supposed that the house was bought with the estate and was consequently quite old when Washington was born. The old home was accidentally burned in April, 1725, catching fire from burning dead leaves in the garden. A stone monument now marks the spot. A Series of Twelve Little Journeys to the Birth-places and Homes of Famous Americans. | Handwritten in ink: Cecelia Holmes, Rush Center, Kans

General Postmarked date from La Crosse, Kansas