"Washington library gets $10m gift" Associated Press, February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON — Philanthropist David Rubenstein is giving $10 million to George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Northern Virginia to build a library for the president’s books and papers.
Rubenstein says Washington’s character and qualities provide a timeless example of leadership.
Didn't he say something about avoiding foreign entanglements?
And apparently he didn't tell a lie from what I was taught, unlike most of his successors I've since come to learn.
The library’s largest meeting hall will be named for Rubenstein. His gift also funds a $4 million endowment for rare books and manuscripts....
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I'm so glad the Jewish people are preserving our heritage. They even write the textbooks on it.
