The Life of Martha Washington

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 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 роки тому +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!

  • @theparrotrescuer3042
    @theparrotrescuer3042 4 роки тому +8

    That was wonderful...thanks

  • @DaysGoneByForgottenHistory
    @DaysGoneByForgottenHistory 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

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

    • @karenhallrodriguez9205
      @karenhallrodriguez9205 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @linmayzie1
      @linmayzie1 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
    @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 2 роки тому +2

    An outstanding summary and presentation - thank you !

  • @oftenwrong.
    @oftenwrong. 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @janetwilson7222
    @janetwilson7222 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you! I hope to visit someday soon.

  • @maryenright5793
    @maryenright5793 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @darlenefarmer5921
    @darlenefarmer5921 4 роки тому +6

    Thank you.

  • @FredPickett
    @FredPickett Рік тому

    I love this/Thanks for posting it.

  • @jasonstack122
    @jasonstack122 4 роки тому +4

    THANKS

  • @brendaparker3107
    @brendaparker3107 4 роки тому +7

    Lady Washington!

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 4 роки тому +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 !!!!!

  • @GBU61
    @GBU61 7 місяців тому

    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.

  • @ThereseRocks
    @ThereseRocks 2 місяці тому

    Very good

  • @stephenburns3678
    @stephenburns3678 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @Ana-Maria-Sierra
    @Ana-Maria-Sierra Рік тому

    @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 місяці тому

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

  • @JacksonKullich
    @JacksonKullich Рік тому

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

  • @TheLemonLady
    @TheLemonLady 4 роки тому +4

    😭❤️😭❤️😭

  • @trismix_
    @trismix_ 8 місяців тому

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

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 роки тому +1

    His real name is George Augustine Of Barbados

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 роки тому +1

    He didn't get the name Washington until August 1788

  • @anncarlin8767
    @anncarlin8767 4 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 Рік тому +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

  • @spacey118
    @spacey118 11 місяців тому

    Is that her real name? Not Debbie?

  • @LNTunes1010
    @LNTunes1010 4 роки тому +2

    🌺

  • @cherrymilkshake2561
    @cherrymilkshake2561 4 роки тому +3

    👌🏻💞

  • @IanP1963
    @IanP1963 4 роки тому +1

    She was born British !!!!

  • @sierrasedlock7013
    @sierrasedlock7013 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @eloishashalom1458
    @eloishashalom1458 5 місяців тому

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

  • @lisaroberts5935
    @lisaroberts5935 Рік тому

    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.

  • @justanotherchannel2076
    @justanotherchannel2076 2 роки тому

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

  • @olympiaelda1121
    @olympiaelda1121 Рік тому

    So she killed her first hubby.

  • @inukepower
    @inukepower 3 роки тому

    vdeggh