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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.” ...
As a wedding present, George and Martha Washington gave them a life interest in 360 acres on River Farm. The Lears and their respective children lived in the house that had been started by George ...
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 ...
When Martha Stewart gets a new cat or dog, the first thing she does is bite it on the mouth — “hard,” she specifies. “And it squeals. It knows then that I am its mother.” Martha, famed ...
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 ...
Judge was born enslaved to Martha Washington but eventually escaped and lived her remaining life free in New Hampshire, according to Black Heritage Trail officials.
This portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale depicts what Washington would have looked like in his Virginia regiment uniform during the French and Indian War. | Wikimedia Commons ...
Martha Washington visits Thomasville Chapter DAR Published 12:36 pm Monday, April 21, 2025 ...
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 ...
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.