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.

Hercules "lavished the most of these large avails upon dress," according to George Washington Parke Custis. "In making his ... to the bride's niece, Agnes Lee (who called Mammy "the last but ...

Built by George Washington Parke Custis between 1802 and 1818 to serve as a memorial ... into the family and lived there for 30 years — Civil War General Robert E. Lee. Congress dedicated the ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow patriot Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee is probably still ... Martha Dandridge Custis. The two were soon married.

LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee University announced they will be lending their portrait of George Washington to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture for an upcoming exhibition.