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We arrived well after hours but in the summer so the light was still good.  I walked around the house where Washington made his winter headquarters in 1777-78 when I saw a figure in the entry.  It was an actor playing George Washington who was going to give a performance later that evening.  For a moment it felt like I was in the presence of the great man himself, the "essential man." Next

Winter Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. We arrived well after hours but in the summer so the light was still good. I walked around the house where Washington made his winter headquarters in 1777-78 when I saw a figure in the entry. It was an actor playing George Washington who was going to give a performance later that evening. For a moment it felt like I was in the presence of the great man himself, the "essential man."