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Following President George Washington’s footsteps through Salem and the Guilford battlefield

Following President George Washington’s footsteps through Salem and the Guilford battlefield

In the spring of 1791, President George Washington visited Salem and the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse as part of a tour of the southern U.S. that took him from Virginia to Georgia, according to Warren L. Bingham, author of a book about the trip. Washington believed his trip would increase public interest in the federal government, Bingham told about 70 people in his May 30 visit to...

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