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COMMENTARY: How the Nation Came to Deliver on Liberty

By Paul Kengor, EWTN News, July 3, 2023

Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. His books include A Pope and a President, The Divine Plan and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism, The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism’s Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration.

Paul Kengor’s forthcoming book is titled, The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery (Emmaus Road Publishing, July 2023).

Twenty-five years ago this summer, I first visited Mount Vernon, beloved home of America’s first president, George Washington. It has been preserved as best as historians could muster, from Washington’s favorite backdoor view to his favorite chair to his slave quarters.

Yes, the slave quarters. It is something that most assuredly gives visitors pause.

George Washington left the presidency in 1787 to retreat to a peaceful retirement at Mount Vernon, which he had inherited as a young man in his 20s. At its peak of prosperity, the massive property comprised 8,162 acres, roughly 3,200 acres of which was under cultivation. The nation’s first president was a wheat farmer. …

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