The film recounts the early life of George Washington ... particularly his father and half-brother Lawrence, who inspired his military ambitions. Washington's formative experiences include ...

Located on the Rappahanock River, Washington would spend most of his childhood there. George was only 11 years old when his father died. Upon his father’s death, the plantation and all its holdings ...

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... farm in Northern Virginia from the widow of his older half-brother Lawrence, who died in 1752. Following the death of his sister ...