The First Oval Office Project

Step into the tent where it happened with a reproduction of General George Washington’s Revolutionary War tent, the office and sleeping quarters that he used as the command center of the Continental Army.

Join us on Friday, June 12, as the College Libraries hosts a private reception for The First Oval Office Project, featuring a hand-stitched replica tent and associated camp equipage and furnishings that promise to connect the Charleston community to the living legacy of America’s founding.

The reception will offer an intimate experience to explore the tent and interact with the Museum of the American Revolution’s historical interpreters. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

A one-night-only exhibit will be available for viewing in Addlestone Library, with items rarely, if ever, on public display. Among the treasures only available for viewing on June 12 are the first edition of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense-previously owned by Christopher Gadsden, founder of the Charleston Sons of Liberty and one of the most radical figures in South Carolina’s patriot movement-and a letter from the Marquis de Lafayette to Henry Laurens, a South Carolina planter who served as president of the Continental Congress.

Please write to Vincent Fraley at fraleyv@cofc.edu with any questions, or call (843) 953-5530.

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