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 ...

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 ...

George Washington wore many hats ... When Washington was elected president — first in 1789 and again in 1792 — his family didn't live in the White House. It wasn't completed until after ...

The film recounts the early life of George Washington, highlighting his upbringing on a Virginia tobacco plantation. It explores his relationships with family members, particularly his father and half ...

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 ...