'George Washington Really Slept Here': Chester County History Unveiled

Ever wonder more about where George Washington really slept?

An event planned by the Historical Society of Phoenixville will address just that. The free event will be presented by Neal Hurst, Assistant Curator of the Museum of the American Revolution.

It will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16 at the Phoenixville Federal Bank Conference Center on 564 Nutt Road.

The Historical Society provided the following bio of Hurst:

Growing up in southeastern Pennsylvania sparked Neal’s interest at an early age in the War for American Independence and material culture. After high school, Neal worked for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation within the Department of Historic Trades and finished a seven-year apprenticeship earning his journeyman’s papers as a tailor. Neal received his B.A. in History from the College of William and Mary with High Honors for his senior thesis entitled “a kind of armour, being peculiar to America:” The American Hunting Shirt. In 2015, Neal graduated with a Master’s degree from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture completing his thesis entitled, “For the Heat is Beyond your Conception:” Men’s summer dress in the American South During the Long Eighteenth Century. Neal currently works for the Museum of the American Revolution as their assistant curator.