2. Balancing Public Duty with Private Life. Unlike modern First Ladies who are often in the public eye, Martha Washington preferred to keep a low profile, emphasizing her duty to family and household.

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton.

Martha Stewart and Caroline Kennedy once tried their hands at making it on Stewart's show. To give you a little perspective, they baked it in a 16-by-16-by-3-inch square pan, which is quite large.

Ari Katz and Martha Stewart sit for a portrait with Rumor, Aria, Daniel, and a black Labrador retriever puppy. (Greg Kahn/For The Washington Post) By Rachel Kurzius.

A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON. Share full article. Aug. 9, 1880. ... Sixteenth-street, in whose parlor it hangs in its tarnished gilt frame. The picture, which is attributed to the younger Peale, ...

The event is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. at the Sames Auto Arena. The Society of Martha Washington, composed of Laredo’s ...

A magnificent portrait of the George Washington that usually hangs in the U.S. embassy in Paris has headed to Versailles for some much-needed TLC. This involves the painstaking removal of some ...

Martha said when George was first elected President, she wondered what they would call her. She suggested ‘Lady Washington.’ She became the first ‘First Lady’ and said it was an ...

Like most males then and since, George Washington did his best to squirm out of having his picture done. It took all the prodding and blandishments of his wife Martha to make him agree to have ...

Martha Stewart's makeup artist, Daisy Toye, used drugstore beauty finds to achieve Stewart’s glow in a recent post on Instagram. Shop the L’Oréal Paris Glumi Lotion and Maybelline Sky High ...