“[The folks at Mount Vernon are hoping the new George will help Americans see him as he was before he was famous, before Gilbert Stuart painted him, back when he was an] adventurous, athletic, risk-taking, courageous kind of action hero, ... larger than average hands and feet.”
“Abigail Adams just goes on and on and on about the presence of Washington, about what it was like to be around him, which I'm sure drove her husband just crazy.”
“[The folks at Mount Vernon hope the new George will help Americans see him as he was before he was famous, back when he was an] adventurous, athletic, risk-taking, courageous kind of action hero, ... larger than average hands and feet.”
“[The folks at Mount Vernon hope the new George will help Americans see him as he was before he was famous, before Gilbert Stuart painted him, back when he was an] adventurous, athletic, risk-taking, courageous kind of action hero, ... larger than average hands and feet.”
“Our visitors instinctively know that he's great. But they think he's stiff, formal, lackluster, and sometimes they use the word 'boring.' Nothing could be further from the truth.”
