Washingtonia (colony)

Washingtonia, originally named Columbia, was a short-lived refugee colony established in 1829 at Examilia site on the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece. It was founded by Samuel Gridley Howe, working in cooperation with Greek Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias, to provide homes and farmland for families displaced by the Greek War of Independence.

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