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Tag Archives: Augustine Washington
Washington, Lafayette and the Bastille Key
Gentry George The Father of our Country was born into a prosperous Colonial Virginia family in 1732. His father owned substantial acreage plus successful business enterprises, but it paled compared to the thousands of acres of the much wealthier planters. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Augustine Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, General Lafayette, George Washington, George Washington high opinion of Lafayette, George Washington's father, history, King Louis XVI, Lafayette and the American Revolution, Lafayette and the French Revolution, Mount Vernon, Presidential history, The Bastille, The Estates General, the fall of the Bastille, The Marquis de Lafayette, The Rights of Man, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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George Washington: The Trouble With Mama
Prof. Emeritus Peter Henriques says it perfectly: Complicated, Very Complicated GW: The Humiliation In 1781, General George Washington received a confidential letter from his old friend Benjamin Harrison V, then-Governor of Virginia. The Governor had quietly advised Washington, who at … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Augustine Washington, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferry Farm, First President George Washington, General George Washington, George Washington, George Washington father Augustine, George Washington siblings, George Washington sister Betty Lewis, GW Mother Mary Ball Washington, history, Mary Ball Washington, Mount Vernon, PResident George Washington, Presidential history, relationship between George Washington and his mother, US history, VA Governor Benjamin Harrison V
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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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