... people around her. She made friends with two other officers' wives, Lucy Knox and Catharine Greene. "They came from very different circumstances, and Martha was considerably older than the other two, but they had something in common few other people did: their husbands were marked men, traitors to ... their countrywomen because separation from the mother country will dry up the sources where many of our comforts have been derived. " (Roberts (1), p.92) Martha proved that you could still be a lady while helping your countrymen. It was not always pleasant being in the soldiers camps, but s...

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... the public. Overlooking the Potomac River in Alexandria, (Fairfax County) Virginia, south of Washington, D.C.; is Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. The tomb (built 1831-37) of George and Martha Washington and the graves of other members of the family are also located on the grounds of the estate. A National Historic Landmark, George Washington's estate and gardens, Mount Vernon, is ... ...

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