December 9th, 2018: John Burkhalter of The Practitioners of Musick in the fancy parlour of Historic Rockingham for the annual Holiday Candlelight Tour.
The theme: “Animals Domestic and Otherwise as well as Pets” that were known in the Washington Household at Mount Vernon…
Among the family pets were Parrots and a Cockatoo. Accordingly, John played 18th century English melodies associated with birds including the Parrot.
It was at Rockingham that Genl. George Washington heard the news of the 1783 Treaty of Paris that effectively ended the Revolutionary War.