President George Washington Authentic Strand of Hair

For Sale: £49.95

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1797, leading the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War, and presiding over the writing of the Constitution in 1787.

As the unanimous choice to serve as the first President (1789 - 1797) the president built a strong, well-financed national government that avoided war, suppressed rebellion and won acceptance among Americans of all types. Acclaimed ever since as the "Father of his country", Washington, along with Abraham Lincoln, has become a central icon of republican values, self sacrifice in the name of the nation, American nationalism and the ideal union of civic and military leadership.

This approx. 1/16th" piece of George Washington hair is  presented on a display card perfect for framing*.

Superb provenance; the hair originates from the famed collection of Margaretta Pierrepont, wife of President Ulysses S Grant's Attorney General.

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* Please note the frame is not included in the sale price.