Tent Fragment
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Not on View
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This linen tent fragment was separated from one of General George Washington’s tents in the 1800s. George Washington Parke Custis, Martha Washington’s grandson, cut it from the inner chamber of the sleeping and office marquee and likely gave it away as a souvenir. The inner chamber divided the sleeping and office marquee into rooms and served as an insulating layer. Today, the inner chamber, which bears many scars from wear and tear and souvenir taking, is owned by the National Park Service and on display at Yorktown Battlefield in Virginia.
Object Details
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Inner Chamber Fragment
Made by Plunket Fleeson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1776
Linen
Museum of the American Revolution, 2003.00.0353
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