Block going back a couple of acres, which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy in Martha Washingtons life. She lost her first husband. She was raised a rich woman she was raised a rich woman and what that means in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves, and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Marthas experience had prepared her to become the first first lady. Born in New Kent County virginia in seven 770 she was 57 years old when she and George Washington left mount vernon in service to the country. This time, their destination was new york city, selected as the nations first capital, where they began the first of their two terms as president and first lady of United States, setting import
Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to American Fashion and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and sort of became a grand damme very much behind the scenes in the political field again. As henry clay famously said, everybody loved mrs. Madison. And then, of course, her equally famous response, thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Court Dolley Madison came to her the Dolley Madison came to her servic
Laughs but she was his best , friend and she compensated. It is aaron burr that lets her know that James Madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women, where they could wield a great deal of political power. Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them, got them together, got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to american fashion, and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington, d. C. In her elder years and sort of became a grand damme. Very much behind the scenes in the political field agai
Up next, the National Portrait gallery senior curator wendy wick reaves, talks about amateur depictions of George Washington. Instead of focusing on portraits drawn from life, she explores the lesserknown unless accurate and less accurate images of washington that circulated in the 18th century. George Washingtons Mount Vernon hosted this 50 minute event. Good afternoon. My name is elizabeth stock known to many people here as betty. Together with my husband stanley scott, i am in a serious enthusiast for George Washington of many varieties, including portraiture. We have collected all of our adult lives as were several members of our families, before us, and they acquired a number of surveyor drawings medallions, coins, rare books, stamps and metals, as well as documents on the subject of George Washington and his time. We have been active supporters of mount vernon for several decades and are members of the connoisseurs society. This lively group is dedicated to supporting the acquisi
Later in the day, a conversation with state department officials. The work will be talked about that is being done for the board created in 2012 to prevent genocide and other Human Rights Violations around the world. That is tomorrow at 6 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan. President obama will be in boston tomorrow for the dedication ceremony for the kennedy institute. It includes every creation of his u. S. Capitol Office Sometimes referred to as the hideaway office. In 2005 senator kennedy gave cspan a tour as part of our documentary on the capital. I dont believe so. It was one of the great honors. A wonderful time to serve in the United States senate with my brother and it has been a terrific experience serving with my son as well. To be able to serve with your son as a colleague, almost, as an equal house representative in the senate to talk about these issues is a great thrill as a father and very meaningful. The Capitol Building itself what does it mean to you . I think of the capital b