The Life of Martha Washington

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • This is the story of Martha Washington, the worthiest of partners to the worthiest of men. Elizabeth Keaney, a character interpreter at Mount Vernon, shares the life of the woman she portrays.
    Learn more about Martha Washington and other women at mountvernon.org/women

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  • @paulrubio3918
    @paulrubio3918 4 года назад +11

    This video does a great job summarizing the life of Martha Washington in five minutes. Great work! And Happy Birthday today to Martha Washington!

  • @DaysGoneByForgottenHistory
    @DaysGoneByForgottenHistory 4 года назад +14

    Very interesting. Did some ancestry research (since we are on the Covid stay-at-home order). Found out Martha is my husbands 3rd cousin. Guess we'll need to visit Mount Vernon some day :)

    • @fernbiswas9791
      @fernbiswas9791 4 года назад +4

      wait what? doesn't that mean your husband would need to be in the same generation as martha? A third cousin is a person who's in the same generation and shares the same great-great-grandparent as you.

    • @karenhallrodriguez9205
      @karenhallrodriguez9205 3 года назад +1

      Really? I just found out that Martha was my 8 great Aunt, her sister Anna Moles was my 8th great grandmother

    • @linmayzie1
      @linmayzie1 3 года назад +2

      @@karenhallrodriguez9205 We're related! She's my great great great great great great aunt. :)

    • @karenhallrodriguez9205
      @karenhallrodriguez9205 3 года назад +2

      @@linmayzie1 Wow, hello how are you? Nice to meet you!

    • @linmayzie1
      @linmayzie1 3 года назад +2

      @@karenhallrodriguez9205 Nice to meet you too, cuz! :)

  • @theparrotrescuer3042
    @theparrotrescuer3042 4 года назад +8

    That was wonderful...thanks

  • @oftenwrong.
    @oftenwrong. 4 года назад +4

    Thank you Mt. Vernon! If you ever feel the need to give away trips there. Keep me in mind!
    Thank you from Idaho

  • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
    @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 2 года назад +2

    An outstanding summary and presentation - thank you !

  • @maryenright5793
    @maryenright5793 4 года назад +3

    I very much enjoyed this well done video...thank you!

  • @janetwilson7222
    @janetwilson7222 4 года назад +3

    Thank you! I hope to visit someday soon.

  • @darlenefarmer5921
    @darlenefarmer5921 4 года назад +6

    Thank you.

  • @FredPickett
    @FredPickett Год назад

    I love this/Thanks for posting it.

  • @GBU61
    @GBU61 7 месяцев назад

    Martha Washington was never referred to as First Lady. She was called Lady Washington during George’s presidency. The first person to have been referred to as "first lady" on a regular basis during their time in the position was Harriet Lane, who was actually James Buchanan's niece.

  • @brendaparker3107
    @brendaparker3107 4 года назад +7

    Lady Washington!

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 4 года назад +2

      Lady Washington ???? Only if America had remained a British Colony and George W had been knighted in process which is something that could have occured in an alternative universe !!!!!

  • @jasonstack122
    @jasonstack122 4 года назад +4

    THANKS

  • @Ana-Maria-Sierra
    @Ana-Maria-Sierra Год назад

    @George Washington’s Mount Vernon I understand from my readings of Martha Washington that she was a shrewd businesswoman, more so than George, and that she objected to George wanting to free his slaves following his death and insisted that occur only following her death. While President Washington had some moral qualms re slavery, Martha had absolutely none and accepted slavery as the natural order of things. Is that accurate?

  • @ModiboMagassouba-f3s
    @ModiboMagassouba-f3s 2 месяца назад

    The great men are stars that light the path of great nations for eternity.

  • @ThereseRocks
    @ThereseRocks 2 месяца назад

    Very good

  • @anncarlin8767
    @anncarlin8767 4 года назад +12

    There is some thing about Martha Washington that rubs me the wrong way. Funny because I don't usually feel that way toward historical figures but she seems to me to have been less caring about the slaves than George was. I think self-centered and demanding is what I hear in the stories about her.

    • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
      @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 2 года назад +2

      I think that's probably a fair assessment. But then it's also important to remember that, like George.. she was a woman of her time and class. I think she did the best she could with the information and education she was given. One can't deny her dedication to the soldiers during the revolutionary war.

    • @frankharrington4881
      @frankharrington4881 Год назад +2

      @@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr thank you! She sacrificed A LOT to be with George at Valley Forge and she personally nursed many soldiers even at the risk of contracting different diseases! I have found her to be a caring and loving women!!!! Patricia Gambino Harrington

  • @stephenburns3678
    @stephenburns3678 2 года назад

    Thank you

  • @TheLemonLady
    @TheLemonLady 4 года назад +4

    😭❤️😭❤️😭

  • @trismix_
    @trismix_ 8 месяцев назад

    I think I know a Martha Washington in today’s world.

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 года назад +1

    His real name is George Augustine Of Barbados

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 года назад +1

    He didn't get the name Washington until August 1788

  • @LNTunes1010
    @LNTunes1010 4 года назад +2

    🌺

  • @JacksonKullich
    @JacksonKullich Год назад

    bro why tf the volume so quite, im tryna do my history homework💀

  • @spacey118
    @spacey118 11 месяцев назад

    Is that her real name? Not Debbie?

  • @cherrymilkshake2561
    @cherrymilkshake2561 4 года назад +3

    👌🏻💞

  • @sierrasedlock7013
    @sierrasedlock7013 2 года назад +1

    It sounded like she killed all her children and then killed herself after her husband died 😮

  • @IanP1963
    @IanP1963 4 года назад +1

    She was born British !!!!

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 года назад +1

    Stop lying enough of the lying He was born in Barbados and we all know that

  • @eloishashalom1458
    @eloishashalom1458 5 месяцев назад

    IT HINK EVRERY YOUNG MEMBER COULD HAVE BEING MURDERED...STRANGE PASSED AWAY SO EARLY.

  • @lisaroberts5935
    @lisaroberts5935 Год назад

    Martha was not the love of George's life...He settled since she had money and position. George did what he wanted and was away alot.

  • @olympiaelda1121
    @olympiaelda1121 Год назад

    So she killed her first hubby.

  • @justanotherchannel2076
    @justanotherchannel2076 2 года назад

    Her name has 2 a's & ends in an uh sound.

  • @inukepower
    @inukepower 3 года назад

    vdeggh