Virginia declined to buy Mount Vernon and Congress argued it was not the federal government's business, so in 1858 a South Carolina woman raised $200,000 in dollar subscriptions and bought George Washington's house herself; the association she found - Silicon Canals

Virginia declined to buy Mount Vernon and Congress argued it was not the federal government's business, so in 1858 a South Carolina woman raised $200,000 in dollar subscriptions and bought George Washington's house herself; the association she found Silicon Canals