Tag Archives: Mount Vernon

George Washington, The Marble Man

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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The Washington Courtship

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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 →

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