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Talking About History - Young Benjamin Franklin

Learn about Ben Franklin the teenager... swimmer and boxer. Young Benjamin Franklin, The Birth of Ingenuity.

Ona Judge: A Woman Who Escaped Slavery

Ona Judge Staines was enslaved and forced to work as Martha Washington's personal servant until she escaped from the President's Mansion in Philadelphia. Much is known of Judge's life in comparison to other people enslaved by the Washingtons as a result of newspaper interviews she gave in 1845 an...

Talking With An Enslaved Housemaid At Mount Vernon

Caroline Branham was one of George Washington's housemaids at Mount Vernon. Part of Branham's role on the estate was cleaning and maintaining the rooms in the Mansion. She was also the person who first discovered Washington was ill shortly before he passed. In this video, join one of our interpre...

The Life of Doll: Women of Mount Vernon

Today we remember the life of Doll: mother of 5, grandmother of 14, and enslaved cook at Mount Vernon. Telling this story is Brenda Parker, our African American Interpretation and Special Project Coordinator at Mount Vernon.

Making Bitter Hot Chocolate, 18th Century Style

18th Century Weaving: A Spinning House Demonstration

Revolutionary War Short Films

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