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Category Archives: George Washington
John Adams and The Validation of America
March 4, 1797 is one of those barely recognized dates – but it is a pivotal one. The Lonely Inaugural of John Adams Inaugurals today are times of celebration: parades, parties, balls. People come from all over the globe to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams Smith, American history, Charles Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, history, Inaugural of John Adams, John Adams, John Adams' faily, John Quincy Adams, Nabby Adams, PResident George Washington, President John Adams, Presidential history, Thomas Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Vice President John Adams, Vice President Thomas Jefferson
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George Washington’s Losing Battle: Educating Jack Custis
No matter how hard he tried, George Washington was never going to make a scholar out of his stepson. George Washington’s Inherited Family When George Washington met and married the widow Martha Dandridge Custis in January, 1759, he inherited her … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Colonial education, Eleanor Calvert Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, history, Jack Custis, John Parke Custis, Martha Custis Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis, MArtha Washington, Mount Vernon, Nellie Parke Custis, Nelly Custis, Patsy Custis, Presidential history, Reverend Jonathan Boucher, Washington's stepson
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Martha Washington’s Dinner Table
Martha Washington’s dining room table was her pride and joy. Martha Washington: Plantation Mistress Martha was a twenty-seven year old widow whose late husband had a vast fortune in land and property, along with that rarest of all Colonial commodities: … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, George and Martha Washington, George Washington, history, Lady Washington, MArtha Washington, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon dining room, Mount Vernon kitchen, Mount Vernon orchards, PResident George Washington, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the Custis estate, The Washingtons, US history
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George Washington: An All-American Uncle
The Father of our Country, George Washington was step-father to Martha’s children and always a concerned and affectionate uncle to his numerous nephews and nieces. The Washington-Dandridge Connections George Washington was the oldest of five children born to Augustine Washington … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Augustine Washington, Betty Lewis, Bushrod Washington, Charles Washington, George Augustine Washington, George Steptoe Washington, George Washington, George Washington nephews, George Washington relations, George Washington siblings, history, Jack Custis, John Washington, Lasrence Washington, Lawrence Lewis, Lawrence Washington, Lund Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis, MArtha Washington, Mary Ball Washington, Mount Vernon, Nellie Custis, Patsy Custis, Robert Lewis, Samuel Washington, Washington nephews, Washington relations, Washington siblings
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George Washington, The Marble Man
The public image of the Father of our Country is one of regard, and some believe, awe. Cool, reserved, aloof, distant – Houdon’s marble man stands in the Rotunda of Virginia’s State House. George Washington: A Cultivated Persona George Washington (1732-99) … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, George Washington youth, history, Houdon sculpture of Washington, Mount Vernon, Presidential history, Rules of Civility, statue of George Washington, the image of George Washington, the persona of George Washington
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The Washington Courtship
Was it a love match? Or merely a partnership of mutual convenience? The Wealthy Widow Custis Martha Dandridge had married an old man. She was seventeen; Daniel Parke Custis was past thirty-five. But it had been a marriage of true … Continue reading
DOLLEY MADISON SAVES WASHINGTON: PART I
In the old days, every school child knew that First Lady Dolley Madison saved the portrait of George Washington from the approaching British Army. Fact? Legend? The War of 1812: Target Washington The War of 1812, the second war between … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Dolley Madison, First Lady History, George Washington portrait, history, James Madison, President James Madison, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The War of 1812, US history, War of 1812, White House history
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