I am related to a man who once knew a man who knew another man who knew George Washington. And to prove it, my family has a souvenir of the great relationship between the first President and that ...

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 ...

Source: Mount Vernon He would return home around 7 a.m. to eat breakfast with his family and any guests who had stopped by the estate. Source: Mount Vernon, "George Washington: First in War ...

George Washington wore many hats ... the future founding father with a great deal of responsibility managing the family's plantation. Source: mountvernon.org Not much else is known about his ...

George Washington died at age 67 in the big family bed on the second floor of Mount Vernon, on December 14, 1799. He was exhausted; a sudden inflammation of the throat stopped his breathing.

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously appeared in USA Today and Washington Life Magazine. A piece of George Washington's original Mount Vernon estate has sold for $50 ...

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 ...