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This photograph is of the unveiling of a boulder commemorating George Washington's visit to John Pierpont's home 148 years ago. In the photograph are the members of the Col. John Evans chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. All persons in the photo are unidentified.
Washington's office and bedroom on the Fairfax estate, Greenway Court in Clarke County, Va.
Residence of Colonel Evans, where the land commissioners met, one mile from Morgantown.  From a drawing by Miss Addie Ireland in 1900.  General Washington spent a night in this house in 1784.
'The marriage of George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis is beautifully portrayed by Junius B. Stearns.  The known facts regarding the marriage have been adhered to, and likenesses faithfully depicted.  The two sisters of the bride, her children, and General Washington's sister Betty, afterward Mrs. Fielding Lewis, are easily recognizable.  The delicate colors and rich fabrics worn at that time are brought out in delightful detail.  The bride and groom are shown in the attire of the period, the bride in satin without a veil, as was customary with widows marrying a second time.  The lithograph from which this copy was made was executed in Paris in 1854 by Regnier, Imp., Lemercier, and is considered a remarkable reproduction of the original painting.  "The marriage of George Washington and Mrs.. Custis," which took place on January 6, 1759.
(to read a monograph number four "Commander in Chief of the American Army" in the Mentor Reading Course, refer to the original.)
(To read Monograph Number Five, "The Close of the Revolution" in the Mentor Reading Course, refer to the original.)