Mount Vernon. The mecca for Washington admirers.
When George Washington married Martha Custis, he was a well-known personage in Virginia.
Col. And Mrs. Washington
For fifteen years, the Washingtons enjoyed life as wealthy Virginia planters.
For fifteen years, George Washington, former Colonel of the Virginia militia, lived in gentrified society, which included a seat in the House of Burgesses. George and Martha Washington hosted graciously at Mount Vernon as well as making regular trips to the Colonial Capital in Williamsburg. They also raised two children from Martha’s first marriage.
Both were the eldest of several siblings, and extended family visits to Mount Vernon were frequent. The Washingtons were also neighborly, and grand parties at their plantation might last a week.
When the political ties with Great Britain, the Mother Country, were straining to a point of rupture, George Washington was appointed to the Virginia delegation at a Continental Congress, meeting…
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