He first retired in 1759 when he gave up his military career and began the life of a planter at Mount Vernon. By this definition, Washington retired three times. It meant leaving the public stage and going home to attend to one’s business.
Abbot, Professor Emeritus of the Corcoran Department of History and Editor Emeritus of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia, opened two exhibits honoring the bicentennial of Washington’s death at the University of Virginia with his lecture, “The Young George Washington and His Papers,” presented 11 February 1999.įor George Washington retirement had a precise meaning. Abbot at The Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington Massachusetts, on 5 December 1999 as part of the Lowell Lecture Series, sponsored by The Massachusetts Historical Society and The Colonial Society. The following lecture was presented by W. Lexington, Massachusetts, 5 December 1999
The Lowell Lecture Series, The Museum of Our National Heritage
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