{"id":942,"date":"2010-08-01T09:57:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T13:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2013-04-15T14:35:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T19:35:04","slug":"george-washingtons-dung-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/george-washingtons-dung-house\/","title":{"rendered":"George Washington’s Dung House"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love the smell of History in the morning!<\/p>\n

When I visited last week, I discovered that less than 100 yards\u00a0 from George Washington’s mansion — one of the most famous and beautiful homes in America — is his OPEN-AIR DUNG SHED!!!! Archaeologists found the brick foundation, so we KNOW it was there, a safe place to keep old crap for later use as fertilizer on one of Washington’s five farms. This is the best proof I know that Washington considered himself a serious and innovative farmer.<\/p>\n

This is the kind of lively detail I’ll put in a new biography of the nation’s first president. The folks at Mount Vernon called me up for meetings this past week to discuss how I can help them update their materials for teachers and students, and I’m excited — but not because I will start from scratch.<\/p>\n

I’ve certainly drawn a lot about Washington already, and parts of his story are among the most well-known pieces of American history covered in the nation’s classrooms. What excites me specifically is the chance to build on what Mount Vernon already did in 2006 when it opened a state-of-the-art education center. At the time I covered the opening as a reporter, and the center got a lot of attention for three lifelike statues of GW created by CSI techniques. But every time I go back I see more details and bolder storytelling than I noticed before. It’s an amazing achievement for a historical figure that everyone thinks they know.<\/p>\n

I hope to live up to those high standards as I embark on The Definitive George Washington Biography Comic Book!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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