Join His Excellency Ramón Gil-Casares, Spanish Ambassador to the United States of America, as he presents the Library with the Documentos relativos a la independencia de Norteamérica existentes en archivos españoles – an important 13-volume reference collection which identifies all known documents related to the American Revolution preserved in Spanish archives. This will be followed by a sumptuous afternoon tea catered by Design Cuisine.
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Rubenstein Leadership Hall, Fred W. Smith National Library 3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121

His Excellency Ramón Gil-Casares, Spanish Ambassador to the United States of America.

In Spain, April 23 commemorates the deaths of the great writers Shakespeare and Cervantes, and to celebrate the occasion, roses and books are exchanged.

George Washington's four-volume edition (in English) of Don Quixote, by Spanish author Cervantes, will be displayed during this event. 

A volume from George Washington's Spanish edition of Don Quixote, which will be exhibited during this special event.

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Attendees should park in Mount Vernon visitor parking lots and enter the library campus via the pedestrian gate near the 4-way stop.

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