And affection for each other. It was as close to her how many town. She would own most of this block going back a couple acres, which mean 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. Now, what that means in 18th century is not familiesly 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 takes her 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vern oranges in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her. And this was a difficult journey. Marthas experience had really prepared her to become the first first lady. Born in New Kent County, virginia in 1731, Martha Washington was 57 years old in 1789 when she and George Washington once again left their beloved mount vernon, Virginia Home in service to the country. This time their destination was new york cit
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 lost her first husband. She was raised a rich woman. What that means in the 18th century, that is not necessarily what it means today. She brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves. That is almost an unimaginable luxury. Itd take for 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her. This was a difficult journey. Her experience had prepared her to become the first lady. Martha washington was 57 years old in 1789 when she and Georg
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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 significant progress we have made over the past 10 years to build a nations preparedness and resiliency. Perhaps most criticallcriticall y it would have serious consequences to the flow of trade and travel at our nations ports of entry. We will have to begin to furlough customs and border officers to staff those ports. At the Major International airports, we will be limited in accepting new International Flights and average wait times to clear customs will increase by as much as 50 and at our busi
Wreaking havoc in iraq has captured a military base in syria. Take a look at these. These are isis fighters, quite possibly including brand new recruits, and they are marauding through the syrian city, al tack ba, after rooting the syrian army at that military base. So what does this actually mean . Well, heres what it means. It means isis now controls an entire syrian province. Raqqa province, which it hopes to build out by stealing vast chunks of both syria and iraq, and this sounds crazy, but its happening and its happening fast. Hang on to that thought for just a moment. Well get back to it. But first, we do need to address the threat that isis could pose to europe and even the united states. Heres the deal on that. That menacing man in black on the right is the isis terrorist who recently beheaded american journalist, james foley. He is believed to be from london, which could make him one of just hundreds of europeans and dozens of americans now believed to be fighting with isis a