In 1930, John D. Rockefeller Jr. paid $115,000 for 267 acres at George Washington’s birthplace; nearly half of today’s 551-acre national monument was donated

Visionary philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. played a pivotal role in conserving the birthplace of George Washington by purchasing 267 acres in the late 1920s. This significant contribution represented almost half of the present-day national monument. The…