Show HIS LIE LIFE E STORY IN PICTURES COMMEMORATING ORATING n UT WASHINGTON A cT OF HIS BIRTH A ANNIVERSARY O THE 20 t r 1 4 I ii 1 r rt t f o c a 1 i I t e 0 tou ear ikc I Washington W met Martha wealthy and warming charming widow dov at the flie home of a friend f in i i 1758 1158 It was a case Me of love loe at fIrst fast D By NEA Service George Washington was essentially t a mans man tall man tall straight and athletic ath letic but leUc-but but he also was a great favorite favoriti e with the ladies l From boyhood he was quick to fall fal victim to the fascinations of the fair Some historians have greatly this amiable weakness The truth seems to be that he often lost his heart heart but but experienced little difficulty dif dlf- in finding it That is until he met the charming and wealthy young oung widow Martha Dandridge Custis at the home of a mutual friend It was a case of love loveit at it first sight George met Martha in May of the year 1758 He proposed to her within within with with- in a month and married her on January January January Jan Jan- uary 6 1759 The wedding was attended attended attended at at- tended by bj the most dashing and fashionable fashionable fash fash- i fash-i people of the land The sport sportive ive governor dazzled the glittering assembly in scarlet and gold This marriage brought Washington a fortune including acres of land a number of town lots near Williamsburg and many slaves Washington was devoted to his two stepchildren Patsy and John Parke Custis Their health education and property were carefully supervised He engaged a special tutor for Patsy and made every ery possible effort to toure cure ure her of ot epilepsy Her death in He Ne extracted aF tid d her bet P promise to permit P hire him to call caD and within two months he proposed 1772 was a great shock to him He sent his stepson to Kings King's college in New York Martha efficiently supervised Mt Vernon House parties were fre fre- quent Washington's connections with the affairs of state and nation brought a steady influx of guests During the war Martha refused to tobe tobe tobe be separated from her husband and whenever possible even in winter she stayed with him in camp Tomorrow Early military I ence They were tie married marred In an elaborate leu lea than r year laV la er Washington becam becar d 5 devoted demoted to Ks his two stepchildren Mcp l Patsy Palsy and John Parka Pule I |