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 ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.

So it’s a family occasion,” Casso added. The society also has the job of selecting prominent Laredoans to play George Washington and Martha Washington to be featured in the pageant and ball ...