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She was very capable. She did not like that. She called herself a prisoner of state. By the same token that every step washington took to find the office, so can it be said that everything Martha Washington did, likewise. It was a businesslike relationship. But not without affection. They had a deep respect for each other. She owned most of this whole block, going back a couple of acres. She owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy in Martha Washingtons life. She l...

We partner with the private sector to protect critical infrastructure. We work with states and local communities to prepare for and respond to disasters of all types like Hurricane Sandy while supporting recovery and rebuilding. Put simply, the automatic Budget Reduction mandated by sequestration would be disrupted and destructive to our Nation Security and economy. It would negatively affect the Mission Readiness and capabilities of the men and women on our front line. It would undermine the si...

Greatly to the character of america. This is just under an hour. Thank you, jim, and thanks to everybody at mount vernon for all the help they have given me to make this possible, and to bob and Clarice Smith for endowing this terrific lecture series and giving historians a place to come and try to convince you all to read our books. [laughter] um, for the past 25 years or so ive written about nell si cuts dis nelly cuts us the. She was fun and easy to write about. A beautiful, smart, intelligen...

On December 23, 1783, George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Continental Army, accomplished his greatest achievement. On that day, Washington met with the Continental Congress in Annapolis, Maryland, resigned his military commission, and retired from public life. Even King Georg

A who’s who of the important figures in the first American president's life and career.

good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. im the executive director of the washington library. its my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. toni...

annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonights exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and...

good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. im the executive director of the washington library. its my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. toni...

good evening, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is kevin butterfield. im the executive director of the washington library. its my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and to our annual martha washington lecture. the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. toni...

the event was created to share scholarship and insights into the life and times of martha washington and is made possible through a generous grant from the richard s reynolds foundation of richmond, virginia. tonights exciting program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of martha washington, one many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project, the papers of george at the university of virginia and sponsored by the mount vernon lad...