Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
RE-ENACTOR DAVID Best portrays George Washington at a Mercer, Wis., Library event at the community center Thursday.
By RICHARD JENKINS
MERCER, Wis. - George Washington visited Mercer Thursday to talk about his life. Re-enactor David Best, who is from Indianapolis but has property on Pike Lake in Mercer, portrayed the nation's first president to a crowd in the Mercer Community Center.
Speaking in the first person, Best talked about Washington's life - from the beginning of his military career in the lead-up to the French and Indian War and his marriage to Martha, through the American Revolution the presidency, to retirement at Mount Vernon.
Best also talked about Washington's r...
