Fraunces Tavern Museum

George Washington's Hair and Forgotten Histories of Memory and Patriotism in Early America

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Synopsis

In this lecture, recorded October 27, 2022, Keith Beutler will discuss how surviving reported locks of George Washington’s hair in the holdings of more than 100 public archives and historical museums, including Fraunces Tavern Museum, offer clues about influential, but often forgotten performances of patriotic memory in the early United States.