History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration, in Five Volumes: Vol. I: Literature Series; Vol. II: Literature Series; Vol. III: Literature Series and General Index of Complete Vols. I, II, III; Vol. VI: Foreign Participation: Western Europe,…

Five volume set. Blue cloth with gilt titles, color frontispiece. Black-and-white maps and illustrations included. Volume I restricted to republication of historical pamphlets that have had wide distribution; contents include Washington's youth and education, tributes to Washington, farming, religion, Colonial politics, the Constitution, Washington as President, foreign policy, Mount Vernon, Washington as a Soldier, Washington's travels, Washington as a businessman, Washington as an engineer and city builder, Washington bibliography, the writings of George Washington. Volume II includes selected George Washington Bicentennial addresses, George Washington's mother, Washington as a Judge, Colonial gardens, Colonial music, orations and essays, samples of braille printing for the blind, sermons on Washington, poetry, pageants. Volume III includes George Washington Bicentennial news releases, two marble busts, dates of naming places and things for Washington, Washington family, the story of the order of the purple heart, general index of complete literature series Volumes I, II, and III. Volume IV includes Italy, Cuba, France, Algeria, French Indo-China, Madagascar, Society Islands, Turkey, Germany, Japan, Poland, England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, India, Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad, Malta, Peru, Brazil, Spain, Canary Island, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay, Switzerland, Hungary, Finland, Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Sweden, Albania, Netherlands, Norway, Guatemala, Czechoslovakia, Irish Free State, Rumania, The Union of South Africa, Venezuela, Haiti, Colombia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt, China, Latvia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Palestine, highlights of the writings of General Washington, and more. Volume V includes activities of the commission and the complete final report.