[Pharmboy]

Free admission on Feb. 20th all day at Mount Vernon for those within a few hours of The General's Virginia estate.

[Pharmboy]

My favorite portrait...a great smirk after Princeton.

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[ottbmare]

Every American ought to go to Mount Vernon at least once.

[iowamark]

Paula Deen’s Hoecakes

“”Hoecakes (serves: about 17 hoecakes)

Ingredients

1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup self-rising cornmeal, or from a mix (recommended: Aunt Jemima’s)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup vegetable oil or bacon grease
Oil, butter, or clarified margarine, for frying

Directions

Mix well all ingredients, except for the frying oil. Heat the frying oil or butter in a medium or large skillet over medium heat. Drop the batter, by full tablespoons, into the hot skillet. Use about 2 tablespoons of batter per hoecake. Fry each hoecake until brown and crisp; turn each hoecake with a spatula, and then brown the other side. With a slotted spoon, remove each hoecake to drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Leftover batter will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days.””

[Bigg Red]

We are actually going to visit in honor of Washington’s birthday. We plan to visit his birthplace, as well. Making a 3-day trip out of it.

[EternalVigilance]

"If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God."

-- George Washington

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The attitude I admire, and have therefore tried to emulate.

[EternalVigilance]

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[Dr. Scarpetta]

Thanks for the ping!

[Sprite518]

Thanks for the great info!