Charles Montgomery Skinner was an American writer, mostly known as a collector of North American folklore. "The Consecration Of Washington" is a short story, entered in the collection "Myth and legends of our own land". The action happens in 1773 and narrates about one old Pietist monk, who could be a rich man in German, but he decided to come to the new world to pray and to live a simple life with his children. Once, in a dream he hears a voice, saying, "I will send a deliverer to the new world who shall save my people from bondage, as my Son saved them from spiritual death." This night a man comes to their house, who is destined to become a great. Start your familiar with American history and culture through the Skinner' collection "Myth and legends of our own land"!