Enslaved women in the 18th and early 19th century were often forced to labor in the fields or in an urban setting like ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.

Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green ...

3. George Washington and his wife Martha didn’t have biological children together. An engraving of Martha Washington, who married George Washington in 1759. | GeorgiosArt/iStock via Getty Images ...

Martha saw them off. “I hope you will stand firm,” she told Henry and Pendleton, adding, “I know George will.” The six-foot-two-inch Washington had a way of affecting other men simply by ...

White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

Laredo students had the opportunity to travel back in time to the colonial era with a live performance featuring George and Martha Washington this week. The events were part of Washington's ...