Photos of Washington's Headquarters Exhibited by Roslyn's Xiomaro

The museum at New Jersey’s Morristown National Historical Park will close its year-long exhibition George Washington’s Headquarters: Photographs by Xiomáro on December 28, 2018. The 22 large images of the Ford Mansion – Washington’s Revolutionary War base of operations during the winter of 1779-1780 – are part of a collection that is the first to artistically document the house room by room. The photographs present rare views and perspectives that cannot be seen during a tour of the headquarters.

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Xiomáro (pronounced “SEE-oh-MAH-ro”), based in Roslyn Heights, is an internationally-recognized artist and speaker whose photography has been covered by The New York Times, Newsday, and News 12, and CBS Eyewitness News. His work has been widely exhibited at venues such as Harvard University, the Long Island Museum and the Oyster Bay Historical Society. The artist has been commissioned by the National Park Service to photograph President Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill mansion in Oyster Bay and Fire Island's High Dune Wilderness. He has received public citations of recognition and merit from the Nassau County Comptroller's Office and the Town of North Hempstead. Next year, Arcadia Publishing is releasing Xio’s photo book, Weir Farm National Historic Site, about Julian Alden Weir, a leading painter of American Impressionism.

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The exhibition also highlights the headquarters’ dual role as a residence. "The domestic aspects are easily lost in the presence of Washington, but Xio has managed to capture the Ford Mansion’s essence as a home," explains curator Jude M. Pfister, the park’s Chief of Cultural Resources seen in the videos above. Pfister is an expert on American history and the author of the new book, The Creation of American Law (McFarland 2018).

Washington's presence has been documented throughout Long Island in towns such as Roslyn, Great Neck, Port Washington and Manhasset. AMC's television series, Turn, dramatizes Washington's spy network in Setauket.

The exhibition is on display until December 28, 2018. For visiting hours and other information call 973-539-2016 (extension 210) or visit www.nps.gov/morr. A free ebook of the photographs is available at www.xiomaro.com.