No figure in American history has generated more public interest or
sustained more scholarly research around his various homes and
habitations than has George Washington. The Permanent Resident is
the first book to bring the principal archaeological sites of
Washington's life together under one cover, revealing what they say
individually and collectively about Washington's life and career
and how Americans have continued to invest these places with
meaning.Philip Levy begins with Washington's birthplace in
Westmoreland County, Virginia, then moves to Ferry Farm-site of the
mythical cherry tree-before following Washington to Barbados to
examine how his only trip outside the continental United States
both shaped him and lingered in local memory. The book then
profiles the site of Washington's first military engagement and his
nation-making stay in Philadelphia. From archaeological study of
Mount Vernon, Levy also derives fascinating insights about how
slavery changed and was debated at Washington's famous home. Levy
considers the fates of Washington statues and commemorations to
understand how they have functioned as objects of veneration-and
sometimes vandalism-for more than a century and a half. Two hundred
years after his death, at the sites of his many abodes, Washington
remains an inescapable presence. The Permanent Resident guides us
through the places where Washington lived and in which Americans
have memorialized him, speaking to issues that have defined and
challenged America from his time to our own.
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