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Working In a Haunted Museum

Is it haunted? Mary Washington House, Fredericksburg, VA (Image courtesy of the Washington Heritage Museums). A few days ago, during a telehealth appointment my psychiatrist asked me what I did for a living.  The question did not take me by surprise as I was a new patient as my previous psychiatrist had left the practice…


George Washington Haunts Here: The Ghost of the First President

In honor of George Washington’s birthday, here are three sites that George Washington’s ghost has been seen. Mount Vernon Mount Vernon photograph courtesy of George Washington’s Mount Vernon George Washington owned Mount Vernon from 1761 until his death in 1799. Mount Vernon was where Washington was the happiest. In the spring of 1806, Massachusetts politician…