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 ...

The film explores the early life of George Washington, detailing his childhood on a Virginia plantation, his family dynamics, and significant events that shaped his future. It highlights his ...

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 ...

Source: Mount Vernon He would return home around 7 a.m. to eat breakfast with his family and any guests who had stopped by the estate. Source: Mount Vernon, "George Washington: First in War ...

George Washington used the light of this brass ... Reynolds Foundation Now 64, Washington had outlived all the men in his family and did not wish to die in office, which would set a truly ...

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 ...

George Washington died at age 67 in the big family bed on the second floor of Mount Vernon, on December 14, 1799. He was exhausted; a sudden inflammation of the throat stopped his breathing.

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 ...

WHEN YOU DO, IT’S STEPPING BACK IN TIME. A COUPLE 135 YEARS. WE ALL KNOW GILBERT STUART’S PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS POWDERED WIG, HIS GRAND CLOTHING. HE WAS ALSO SIX FOOT TWO IN HIS ...