When I drove up to DC to visit Mary Pinckney last Thursday, the first thing we did was take a tour of the Larz Anderson House in Northwest Washington, DC. This ornate Gilded-Age mansion was the home of the Larz and Isabel Andersons for decades. After Larz Anderson died in 1937, his wife Isabel oversaw the gift of the house and its contents to the Society of the Cincinnati. The house is inextricably linked to the Society, which is why I went there to learn about the Pinckney family of South Carolina.
So interesting. That's quite the Society bauble, too. I'm growing increasingly curious about how and why people enjoy segregating themselves from others. So strange. And un-American. But there it is.
So interesting. That's quite the Society bauble, too. I'm growing increasingly curious about how and why people enjoy segregating themselves from others. So strange. And un-American. But there it is.