Wednesday, September 27, 2017
The Macron of our country?
In one recent 'bloopers' collection on Youtube, a pair of idiot anchors got all tangled up on a trivia question: How many children did George Washington have? Was the Father of our Country a father?
They were right to be tangled. We hear stories about the families of other 'top-ten' presidents, but we never hear about Washington's kids. Looked it up, and it's a lot more interesting than you might guess.
Martha was a golddigger. She married a super-rich plantation owner who died young. At 25, with four kids and several hundred slaves, she picked up George. (100 slaves as dowry helped to seal the deal.)
George was also a golddigger, marrying money and loving luxury. None of Martha's kids became prominent or political.
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