Summer Reading at the Alice: Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon

July's book club entry is Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon: the Forgotten History of an American Shrine by Scott E. Casper. As usual, we will meet in the Alice ballroom for discussion, tea and treats. There will be a few copies of the book available to borrow at the Alice and one is available through the CEF library system.

About the book: The home of our first president has come to symbolize the ideals of our nation: freedom for all, national solidarity, and universal democracy. Mount Vernon is a place where the memories of George Washington and the era of America's birth are carefully preserved and re-created for the nearly one million tourists who visit it every year. But behind the familiar stories lies a history that visitors never hear. Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon recounts the experience of the hundreds of African Americans who are forgotten in Mount Vernon's narrative.

Historian and…