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Not the real Martha Washington, but darn close

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien peeks behind the scenes at Colonial Williamsburg to eavesdrop on the challenging conversations 18th-century "historical interpreters" are having with 21st-century visitors.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Radio host Martha Zoller, on verge of retirement, has died at age 67

Martha Zoller, a longtime conservative talk show host out of Gainesville, has died at age 67 five days before she had planned to retire from her morning radio show on 102.9/550 WDUN-FM. “I’m just ...
11Alive

Conservative commentator Martha Zoller dies after sudden illness

Martha Zoller, a Gainesville-based conservative commentator and host of "The Martha Zoller Show" on WDUN, died Monday at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville after a sudden illness. WDUN ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Longtime Georgia radio host, political commentator Martha Zoller has died

ATLANTA - Martha Zoller, a longtime Georgia radio host, political commentator, and conservative activist whose voice became a fixture in state politics for more than three decades, has died. She was ...
Richmond

Martha Washington went to war in winter camps

Did you know Martha Washington spent every winter of the Revolutionary War in camp with her husband's army? She could have stayed home. No one would have blamed her. Instead, she chose to play a vital ...
Vanity Fair

What Reading Martha Moxley’s Haunting Diary Reveals Now

Dear Diary, today was nothing extra special at school.… Me, Jackie, Michael, Tom, Hope, Maureen & Andra went driving in Tom’s car. I drove a little then & I was practically sitting on Tom’s lap ’cause ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Ona Judge Escaped From Slavery While George Washington Was Busy Eating Dinner Inside. Now, a New Mural Honors Her Legacy

No likenesses of Ona Judge survive today. The only surviving description of her comes from a runaway ad, which states that she was “a light mulatto girl, much freckled, with very black eyes and bushy ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

A new mural honoring Ona Judge graces Portsmouth’s downtown

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire unveiled a new mural honoring Ona Judge this weekend honoring her bravery on the 230th anniversary of her escape from slavery. Judge was born into enslavement ...
Food & Wine

Martha Stewart Says This 5-Ingredient Family Recipe Is the ‘Best Potato Salad’

Merlyn is an editor of news and trending content for Food & Wine's news vertical. Her writing focuses on the intersection of pop culture and food, including food trends, celebrity news, food ...
The Conversation

Philadelphia will celebrate Ona Judge Day to honor Martha Washington’s enslaved maid who made a daring escape to freedom

On the evening of May 21, 1796, Ona Judge made the daring decision to free herself. Considering the prominence of her owner, the laws of the time and the dangerous trek to New Hampshire, a place where ...
Orange County Register

Here’s a look at some of the Founding Mothers of our country

History tells us a lot about the Founding Fathers of the U.S., but today we’re going to talk about some of the women who had a huge contribution to our nation that is soon to be 250 years old. If ...