Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...
click image for close-up When American painter Edward Savage sketched a prototype for a print of George Washington and his family in 1789, it included Martha Custis Washington, the wealthy widow ...
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project ...
On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party ... according to his family. Once installed in its Virginia home, state officials began to worry that if anything ...
Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... the life of a respected planter and enjoyed days spent with his family, improving the farm, fishing, hunting (particularly fox hunting ...
George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...
His profile is featured in one of the most famous paintings in American history. George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of ...