Would Washington Survive Time Travel?

Part two of an occasional speculation

“‘George Washington’” by Thomas James Caldwell is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.

It was odd that the man who would restore George Washington to contemporary political American life had never before set foot in Mt. Vernon. Two things struck Robert Townsend Tonnelly as he paced the corridor outside the temporary ICU. First the expansiveness of the grounds, the clearly expressed love of open spaces that drew the eye…