It's Alive!!! (Albeit Slightly Waxy)

Hey! Sorry I've been away so long -- I had a wicked flu and have been busy with work on top of that.

But back to business. . . . Serious business. . . . For example, re-animating people who have been dead for 200+ years.

Yes, Mount Vernon recently spent millions of dollars (!!!) on a new exhibit to get the best idea of what George Washington looked like at different stages in his life. They turned to an esteemed anthropologist, Dr. Jeffery Frankenstein Schwartz, who pulled together a team of experts who spent two years studying all the relics of Washington's likeness -- even looking at his clothes to interpret his posture.

The results are three Washingtons, ages 19, 45, and 57, and they look more realistic than some real-life Georges. Hopefully, they'll brew up some new Madisons, Jeffersons, and Hamiltons in time for the 2008 elections.

Expect some more posts about this exhibition, now open at Mount Vernon, as Dr. Schwartz and others involved in the project are coming to Washington College later this month. They'll even have their forensic research on display. Check it out on November 30 and December 1 in Norman James Theater and the Larrabee Arts Center.