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With the success of the fundraising campaign and the purchase of Mount Vernon behind them, Cunnningham and the Vice Regents began the daunting task of preserving the site. The first priority was to stabilize and repair the dilapidated buildings.
Twelve founding Ladies of the Association, representing their home states, pose on the piazza in 1873 with the famous Houdon bust of Washington. Miss Cunningham was Regent and the others served as Vice Regents in the Association's governing council, a structure still in place today. |