LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Every year, the Society of Martha Washington (SMW) chooses someone to represent our founding father as well as Lady Washington for a series of events. The Society of Martha ...

The Society of Martha Washington held its annual Colonial Pageant and Ball, keeping a tradition that started in 1940.

click image for close-up When American painter Edward Savage sketched a prototype for a print of George Washington and his family in 1789, it included Martha Custis Washington, the wealthy widow ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.