We're on The George Washington Trail...and this place--on Virginia's Northern Neck--is really spectacular!

On this day, December 23, 1783 General George Washington resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. That act signaled his return to civilian life at Mount Vernon, but ultimately it was much more than that. It set the stage for how the United States would ultimately be led and governed. Today, Luke and I took a walk down to the Maryland State House in Annapolis. Unfortunately, because of the current health crisis, the State House is closed to the public, so we couldn't get in to shoot this as we'd intended—undeterred, we sat down on a park bench outside and did it there. We posted some additional photos from our previous visits to the State House. It was a windy day, and we did this pretty quickly--but hopefully, it will serve as a good reminder of how significant this day is, and especially, how meaningful George Washington's actions were 237 years ago. Today.