Ann Cuningham - Columbia, SC
N 34° 00.262 W 081° 01.835
17S E 497175 N 3762640
Founder of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, is credited with saving Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate, from ruin.
Waymark Code: WM9PJ3
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2010
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Ann Pamela Cuningham
Born 15th August 1816 and Died 1st May 1875
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The founder and first regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union
1853 1874
By her efforts and in response to her appeals the purchase money was raised and in 1858 the home and tomb of Washington became the property of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union
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From her Wikipedia article:
Ann Pamela Cunningham (August 15, 1816 Rosemont Plantation, South Carolina - May 1, 1875) is credited with saving George Washington's beloved home Mount Vernon from ruin and neglect. In a letter to Ann Pamela, Cunningham's mother described the crumbling condition of the estate as she saw it in 1853 while on a steamship heading down the Potomac River. Cunningham was in her 30s and, having been crippled in a riding accident as a teenager, decided she would initiate a campaign to save the estate. She raised funds to purchase Mount Vernon by launching an unprecedented appeal for donations through newspaper articles directed toward "the Ladies of the South" and founded The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, the group that still owns and manages Washington's estate, and served as its first regent. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is the oldest private preservation organization in the United States.
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