Anna Morris Holstein (1825-1900)

Led the effort to acquire, preserve, and restore Washington’s Headquarters and the surrounding acreage at Valley Forge, the first State Park, now National Historical Park. She helped preserve Mount Vernon and was Organizing Regent of the Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; a Civil War hospital matron and nurse in Gettysburg, Va., and Md.; an author; and Pa. State Building matron at the 1893 World’s Fair. She lived here.