Washington's Visit

Washington's Visit is a South Carolina historical marker in Murrells Inlet vicinity, Georgetown County, dedicated 1981.

Georgetown County · dedicated 1981 · Inside Brookgreen Gardens on Allston Circle Dr., Murrells Inlet vicinity

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On his southern tour in 1791 President George Washington spent the night of April 28 here at Brookgreen Plantation. He was the guest of its owner, Dr. Henry Collins Flagg, a surgeon in the Revolution, and his wife, the former Rachel Moore Allston. Washington left Brookgreen at 6 a.m. April 29 to breakfast at Clifton Plantation near Georgetown.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Washington's Visit

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