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Planter, soldier, politician. Lawrence Washington (1718 – July 26, 1752) was an American soldier, planter, politician, and prominent landowner in colonial Virginia. As a founding member of the Ohio Company of Virginia, and a member of the colonial legislature representing Fairfax County, Virginia, he founded the town of Alexandria, Virginia ...
The Washington coat of arms is placed prominently above the entrance door at Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, the home built in 1560 by Lawrence Washington (d. 1584) George Washington's direct ancestor. The family coat of arms can also be seen in stained glass panels in the Great Hall which show marriage arms of several families that married ...
Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, [ 10][ 11] on January 31, 1937, [ 12] the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass. [ 13] His family were Latvian and Russian-Jewish emigrants. [ 14][ 15][ 16] His father owned a record store and his mother was a librarian. [ 17] In his memoir, Glass recalls that at the end of World War II his ...
Drawing from glass-slide depiction c. 1865–1875. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was the first U.S. president to be assassinated (though not the first to die in office). The assassination took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., at about 10:15 PM.
suffragist. author. editor. diplomat. Signature. Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [ a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
The romance of stained glass, by Lawrence Saint: a story of his experiences and experiments. (Huntingdon Valley, Penna.: self-published, 1959) This is a mimeographed, 8.5 x 11 inch, stapled chapbook of more than 64 pages. Gallery. The Parable Windows (1929–30) – Washington National Cathedral, St. Mary's Chapel
Family. Washington was born in 1602. He was the fifth son of Lawrence Washington (1565–1616) of Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Robert Washington (1544–1619), of Sulgrave by his first wife Elizabeth Lyte, daughter and heiress of Walter Lyte of Radway, Warwickshire. His mother was Margaret Butler (1568- 16 March 1651), the ...
Lawrence Washington (September 1659 – February 1698) [ 1][ 2][ 3] was a colonial-era Virginia planter, slave holder, lawyer, soldier and politician. He also was the paternal grandfather of George Washington .