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‘A Time Capsule’: Centuries-Old Cherry Bottles Unearthed At George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate
Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green bottles contained a liquid researchers believe may be groundwater, as well ...
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The Marriage of Washington to Martha Custis
click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.
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Special Video Reports - The Private Lives Of George Washington’s Slaves | Jefferson’s Blood | FRONTLINE | PBS
One of the most memorable of such events was the marriage on 22 February 1799 (George's sixty-seventh and last birthday) of Martha Washington's youngest granddaughter, Eleanor Parke "Nelly" Custis ...
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Alexandria Celebrates Women: Martha Washington, the ‘mother of the First Ladies’
Enslaved women in the 18th and early 19th century were often forced to labor in the fields or in an urban setting like ...
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George Washington
3. George Washington and his wife Martha didn’t have biological children together. An engraving of Martha Washington, who married George Washington in 1759. | GeorgiosArt/iStock via Getty Images ...
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Laredo students experience colonial history with George and Martha Washington performance
The WBCA George Washington Theatre Performance offers a uniquely patriotic and historical experience, featuring engaging dialogue and colonial-era costumes complete with powdered wigs.
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Washington Portrait Hitting The Road
The painting is the first of seven portraits of Washington made from life by Peale and the only portrait of Washington that ...