Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia

1 shrine in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia

WHERE WASHINGTON HAD A PEW "AT THE UPPER PART OF THE CHURCH" George Washington was chosen one of the vestrymen of Fairfax parish in 1764…

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