George Washington Birthplace National Monument is open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., Eastern Standard Time, every day of the year including Sundays and holidays, except Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission to the area is 25 cents for adults. Children under 12 are admitted free. Special interpretive talks are given to school classes and other organized groups if arrangements are made in advance with the superintendent. Soft drinks, postcards, potted plants, herbs, and souvenirs may be purchased at the Washington’s Birthplace Post Office, located at the main parking area. _Related Areas_ There are several other areas in the eastern United States administered by the National Park Service which illustrate various aspects of George Washington’s life and public career. These include: Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pa.; Independence National Historical Park, Pa. (which includes the Deshler-Morris House in Germantown, where Washington lived for a short while in 1793 and again in 1794); Morristown National Historical Park, N. J.; Colonial National Historical Park (including Yorktown), Va.; and Federal Hall National Memorial, N. Y. _Administration_ George Washington Birthplace National Monument, now containing about 400 acres, was authorized by an act of Congress on January 23, 1930. It is administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. Communications concerning the national monument should be addressed to the superintendent whose address is Washington’s Birthplace, Westmoreland County, Va. Inquiries _should not_ be sent to Wakefield, Va. _Suggested Readings_ Eaton, David W. _Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Virginia._ Dietz Press. Richmond, Va. 1942. Eubank, H. Ragland. _Touring Historyland: The Authentic Guide Book of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia._ Northern Neck Association. Colonial Beach, Va. 1934. Fitzpatrick, John C. _Writings of Washington._ 39 vols. Government Printing Office. Washington, D. C. 1931-44. Ford, Worthington C. Editor. _The Writings of George Washington._ The Washington Family, Appendix to Vol. 14. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. New York. 1893. Freeman, Douglas Southall. _George Washington, A Biography._ Vol. I. Charles Scribner & Sons. New York. 1949. Hoppin, Charles A. _The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson, and Forty Other Colonial American Families._ Vol. I. Privately printed by Edward Lee McClain, Greenfield, Ohio, 1932. Smith, H. Clifford. _Sulgrave Manor and the Washingtons._ Jonathan Cape. London. 1933. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1956 O—389002 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES