Tag Archives: Young George Washington

George Washington and Smallpox

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Smallpox was a dreaded contagious disease. If one survived, one could be scarred and disfigured for life. George Washington and his Brother Lawrence Augustine Washington died when his son George was eleven. He had four younger siblings. He also had … Continue reading →

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Washington and Lincoln: The Weems Connection

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

George Washington died in 1799, ten years before Abraham Lincoln was born. GW: A Symbol for his Age When George Washington died a few weeks before his sixty-eighth birthday, he was a towering figure, arguably the most important and respected … Continue reading →

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