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The Wills Project

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The Wills Project is a permanent exhibit of the wills of 13 famous Washingtonians, exhibited on the third floor of Building A, 515-5th Street, NW, Washington, DC. Copies of one page of each will or codicil to the will is framed and displayed, including those of Frederick Douglass, Oliver Wendell Homes, Presidents Woodrow Wilson, James Madison, Grover Cleveland, James Monroe and Franklin Pierce, first ladies Julia Dent Grant and Dolly Madison, Euphemia Lofton Haynes, Daniel Webster, Alexander Graham Bell and Edwin Stanton.

The Wills Project In The News

03/27/2008

Three-Minute Interview with D.C. Register of Wills Anne Meister About the Wills Project - Courtesy of The Washington Examiner
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02/28/2008

Dignataries' Wills Placed on Display - Courtesy of The Washington Post
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02/28/2008

Wills Project Goes on Display - Courtesy of The Washington Examiner
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02/28/2008

WRC-TV story about the Wills Project, an exhibit of the wills of 13 famous Washingtonians - Courtesy of WRC-TV, channel 4
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02/27/2008

Newschannel 8 interview with Register of Wills Anne Meister about the Wills Project - Courtesy of Newschannel 8
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