This event is in the past.It took place on March 28, 2026 at Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site.
Fine Arts Talk
Fine Arts TalkCharles Willson Peale painted founding fathers, then dropped everything to hunt mastodon bones. This talk traces his 1799 Montgomery dig that birthed American paleontology and inspired Lewis & Clark.
Free history lecture
Mastodon discovery story
Charles Willson Peale
Founding fathers connection
Tips
🦴near-complete skeleton unearthed here
🎨Peale painted Washington before digging bones
Free
The Orange County Mastodon
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkCharles Willson Peale painted founding fathers, then dropped everything to hunt mastodon bones. This talk traces his 1799 Montgomery dig that birthed American paleontology and inspired Lewis & Clark.
Free history lecture
Mastodon discovery story
Charles Willson Peale
Founding fathers connection
Tips
🦴near-complete skeleton unearthed here
🎨Peale painted Washington before digging bones
Free
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