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The story behind Mason's founding: independence

The following piece is the final of a four-part series on the history of George Mason University. The information and research in this article is based off of “George Mason University: A History,” a project created by University Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives department. The first part of the series is available here.

The story behind Mason's founding

The following piece is the first of a three-part series on the history of George Mason University. The information and research in this article is based off of “George Mason University: A History,” a project created by University Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives department.

The founding of George Mason University was the result of the efforts of many, but the story starts with one person: Charles Harrison Mann, Jr.