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.

Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Virginia

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Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Virginia

THE HOME CHURCH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Both Truro parish and George Washington were born in 1732, and Washington's connection with Truro…

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