The brig Lady Washington, the official tall ship ambassador of Washington state, will visit Redondo Beach for the first time since 1994. The 112-foot wooden vessel is scheduled to arrive Thursday, November 23 at the Redondo Beach Marina, 181 North Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach, and stay through Wednesday, November 30.
Having just read Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, I can inform you that in Revolutionary times and then during George Washington's Presidency, Martha Washington was addressed by this incongruously aristocratic name. The term first lady was not coined until years later.
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