click image for close-up When American painter Edward Savage sketched a prototype for a print of George Washington and his family in 1789, it included Martha Custis Washington, the wealthy widow ...

Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...

As the kids grow up and spend time among friends and classmates, they’re likely to learn even more about how different their family is. George met his first glimpse of this back when he was just ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... the life of a respected planter and enjoyed days spent with his family, improving the farm, fishing, hunting (particularly fox hunting ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party ... according to his family. Once installed in its Virginia home, state officials began to worry that if anything ...