Martha Dandridge Custis Washington - Mount Vernon, VA - American Revolution Patriot Graves on Waymarking.com

Martha Washington, wife of our first president, George Washington, served the nation both by visiting ill soldiers, and sewing and knitting uniforms and socks for them, but also by raising money in Philadelphia for the Continental Army.

The Website foundersofamerica.org says this about her actions during the war:

In 1775, George Washington, then a member of the Second Continental Congress, accepted the command of the Continental Army. When her husband was criticized for taking up the American Colonies’ cause against the British, Martha replied, “My heart is made up; my heart is in the cause; George is right; he is always right.”

As Washington led the American revolt against the constraining British, Martha slipped easily back into her role as sole manager of Mount Vernon. She often traveled to Washington’s various campaign headquarters in Cambridge, Morristown, Philadelphia, Newburg and Valley Forge in the winters. There she not only offered support to her burdened husband, but knitted socks for the soldiers, entertained her husband’s officers and their wives, and visited the sick and wounded. She also campaigned in Philadelphia for money and provisions for Continental Soldiers in June of 1780.

Martha is interred here in the Washington family crypt on the Mount Vernon plantation. The grave can be visited with paid admission to the property.

Patriot Name: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington Type of Service Provided: Fundraiser for the Continental Army Cemetery Name: Mount Vernon's Washington family's cemetery Text of the Grave Marker: Martha Washington May 22, 1802 Aged 70 years Grave Marker Type: Crypt Historical Background: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was wife of General George Washington and served her future country by raising funds for the Continental Army while her husband was leading the war effort against the British Army.

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