Martha Washington's remarkable, and mostly untold, story helps audiences to understand the unique role women played in the building of our nation. Martha Washington was instrumental throughout the revolutionary war. Joining her husband at his winter encampments, she provided stockings and other necessaries to the soldiers at Valley Forge and elsewhere. Her most valuable contributions were, undoubtedly, those of her kind ministrations to the soldier’s morale. As a first lady, though she felt imprisoned by the role and longed always for the sweet country life at Mount Vernon, she never showed it, and was “determined to be cheerful despite [her] circumstances”, which on many occasions took a stalwart resolve.

Carol Spacht: Bio Actor/Historian, Interpreter, Reenactor, Impersonator

Selections from Martha Washington’s introductory remarks during a Zoom presentation

Martha Washington reflects on her hopes for future generations of Americans

Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison comment on how they each approached the political role of the First Lady