George Washington died in 1799 and Martha died on May 22, 1802. “After he died, she really didn’t want to go on,” Wiseman said. “They were really partners.” ...

On Oct. 15, 1785, George Washington’s favorite nephew married Martha Washington’s favorite niece. George Augustine Washington was the son of George Washington’s youngest Brother Charles, the ...

Washington, however, was a strong believer in its effectiveness; he even persuaded his wife, Martha, to undergo the procedure in May 1776. That month, however, the general forbade any of his ...

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.

The portrait of George Washington at the Reading Public Museum now has a frame worthy of its illustrious subject. The museum recently unveiled the striking enhancement to its 230-year-old painting ...

PORTSMOUTH – Officials from Black Heritage Trail NH are continuing to work on a project to put a prominent mural of former slave Ona Marie Judge on the side of their downtown headquarters. Judge ...

Black Heritage Trail NH is creating a mural of Ona Marie Judge, an enslaved woman who escaped from Martha Washington and found freedom in Portsmouth, NH. The mural, planned for the side of the ...

U.S. PRESIDENTS (1732–1799); WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA. George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known ...

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 ...

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 ...

The painting is the first of seven portraits of Washington made from life by Peale and the only portrait of Washington that predates the American Revolution. It was commissioned by Martha Washington ...