The latest from the Sussex County Historical Society Facebook page…
Find out what Civil War music reveals about what it was like to be a nurse. https://lakehopatcongfoundation.org/winter-program-landing/?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=ac692e753d-e_newsletter_01-10-2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4be0156bde-ac692e753d-70713633 On 6 Jan 1759, George Washington (1732-1799) and Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802) were married. New Jersey is full of stories about places that once were hugely popular, only to fade over the years and eventually disappear. But imagine if one of those long-ago attractions came back.
“Our Lady of the Hospital”: A Song Dedicated to the Nurses of the Civil War
Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum
Regarding the portrait, "Life of George Washington, The Citizen, lithograph by Claude Regnier, after Junius Brutus Stearns, 1854, depicts the marriage of George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis at White House Plantation in New Kent County. Courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association."
George Washington adopted her children, Patsy and John Parke Custis, and later their grandchildren Eleanor Parke Custis (Nelly) and George Washington Parke Custis (Washy).
The family lived at the Washington family plantation, Mount Vernon, located about 9.5 miles from Alexandria, VA.
http://thehouseandhomemagazine.com/…/george-and-martha-was…/
NJ.com
