Georgetown County · Marker 22-13

Washington's Visit

Inside Brookgreen Gardens on Allston Circle Dr.

Front inscription

On his southern tour in 1791 President George Washington spent the night of April 28 here at Brookgreen Plantation. He was the guest of its owner, Dr. Henry Collins Flagg, a surgeon in the Revolution, and his wife, the former Rachel Moore Allston. Washington left Brookgreen at 6 a.m. April 29 to breakfast at Clifton Plantation near Georgetown.

County
Georgetown
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Murrells Inlet vicinity
Year approved
1981
Erected by
Brookgreen Gardens
Coordinates
33.517883, -79.0955

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