George and Martha Washington Bringing History To Life

During the Revolutionary War, Martha was noted by other officers who were close to George as being a good, supportive and loving wife. The Marquis de Lafayette wrote to his own wife that he found Martha Washington: “a modest and respectable person, who loves her husband madly…”. Nathan Green also wrote: “Mrs. Washington is excessive fond of the General and he of her. They are very happy in each other.”

The hard-fought victory of the new independent country, United States of America, could have led to a slower paced lifestyle that the Washington’s longed for, but instead George Washington had a bigger roll to play in the founding of the new country’s government . . . First President of the United States.

Martha showed her disappointment that their dream of being together at Mount Vernon would once again go unfulfilled, but she committed to stand by her husband’s side as he served two terms as president. And she did. Again, many of George and Martha’s peers would write about the couple’s endearment to one another.

March 15, 1797, the Washington’s finally were able to return to a normal life at Mount Vernon. Though the retirement was short lived when, two years later and after forty years of marriage, George Washington died on December 14, 1799. Martha was heartbroken and reported cried she would soon follow her beloved husband for she had nothing left for which to stay. She died on May 22, 1802.

George and Martha Washington’s marriage may have begun as a match made of financial need, but, in the end, the union proved to be one America’s greatest love stories.

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