On this property 40 miles from Boston, sits a house built in the mid-18th century that my cousin calls home. A Time George Washington at the time had risen to the rank of colonel in the Virginia Regiment shortly after the start of the French and Indian War in 1755, a struggle between the British and the French empires as to who would control North America. The war helped spread smallpox, one of the main causes of death in the 18th century. The disease devastated the lives and culture of Native Americans.
And a happy father's day to you!