St. Ann’s Church, built in 1841, is the oldest continually used church building in the Bronx. It is also the burial place of Gouverneur Morris, his wife Ann Cary Randolph Morris, a direct descendant of Pocahontas, and Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
In a land where horsemanship was often men’s touchiest point of pride, Jefferson had to admit he never saw Washington’s like for grace and control in the saddle. A froniter runner and Indian wrestler — his friend George Mercer described his frame as padded with well-developed muscles
— Washington had by 1774 refined mere energy down to a grace of least movement, the higher athleticism of the dance. And he danced well.