But his marriage to a wealthy widow named Martha Dandridge Custis ... Parke Curtis, George Washington also helped raise her grandchildren, nieces, and nephews in their home at Mount Vernon.

After reading about the cherries discovered at Mount Vernon, President George Washington’s Virginia estate, go inside the ...

Vernon, studies the domestic life ... delicious birds as would supply the larder for a week," said George Washington Parke Custis, Martha Washington's grandson. Anderson had been born in Africa ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with ...

George Washington wore many hats ... Source: mountvernon.org When Washington inherited Mount Vernon in 1761, it was a one-and-a-half-story farmhouse his father had built. Over the next several ...

We Fight to be Free' vividly illustrates defining moments that made George ... scenes show Washington's first encounter with the widow Martha Custis and his return home to Mount Vernon after ...

A piece of George Washington's original Mount Vernon estate has sold for $50 million, the highest residential sale ever in Virginia, Maryland or Washington, D.C. The historic property in ...

That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... Following the death of his sister-in-law, Washington officially inherited Mount Vernon in 1761. Situated on the broad Potomac ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha ... Martha's two children from her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis, and other guests. Washington adopted the children as his own.

After finishing his presidency and returning to his Mount Vernon estate, George Washington started a short-lived but extremely successful whiskey distillery. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project. The wallpaper was found at the Old York Historical Society in Maine ...

Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their respects ...