Mother, Sister, Wife: Washington’s Ladies Awaiting the Hero’s Return

It is winter 1783. Martha Washington is returning from what she sincerely hopes will be her final Winter Camp of the American Revolution. She has come to Fredericksburg, Virginia to reassure both Mary Ball Washington and Betty Lewis, Washington’s mother and sister that he intends to be back at Mt. Vernon for Christmas. Discover the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of the three most important ladies in General Washington’s life as they wait the hero's return. Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.