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23 hours ago · In 1874, Mary Anna Custis Lee sued the U.S. federal government, claiming ownership of the Arlington Cemetery grounds. On December 9, 1882, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in Lee's favor in United States v. Lee, concluding that the U.S. government seized Arlington Cemetery and its surrounding grounds without affording Custis Lee due process.
2 days ago · While Lee was stationed at Fort Monroe, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis (1807–1873), great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
4 days ago · The cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds ofArlington House, which had been the estate of the family ofConfederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee (a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington).
4 days ago · It’s Roosevelt’s older sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, known as “Bamie,” and his younger sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, known as “Conie” who revived him emotionally and politically following...
3 days ago · Martha Washington (born June 2, 1731, New Kent county, Virginia [U.S.]—died May 22, 1802, Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.) was the American first lady (1789–97), the wife of George Washington, first president of the United States and commander in chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolutionary War.
3 days ago · Anne stayed at the Court of Savoy in Mechelen from spring 1513 until her father arranged for her to attend Henry VIII's sister Mary, who was about to marry Louis XII of France in October 1514. In France, Anne was a maid of honour to Queen Mary, and then to Mary's 15-year-old stepdaughter Queen Claude, with whom she stayed for nearly seven years.
2 days ago · Mary Elizabeth Curtis passed peacefully into the arms of her Savior on May 29, 2024. She was born in Washington, DC, on Oct. 17, 1927. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eleanor and Thomas Timmons; husband, Walter Jackson Curtis; son, William Jackson Curtis; sisters, Betty Lockridge and Nora Mason; and brother, Bill Timmons.
