George Washington's Secret Love

George Washington's Secret Love

Available on Paramount+, Philo, Prime Video, Smithsonian Channel
S2 E6: Before George Washington led the American Revolution, he was a British loyalist, willing to give his life for the king. But that all changed and new evidence suggests that a woman may have played a key role in his rebellion against the empire. Follow a team of reporters, historians, and descendants as they investigate a long-rumored romance between young George—a Virginia militia colonel dreaming of a king’s commission—and New York Heiress Mary Philipse, and how her rejection of him shaped the destinies of both the founding father and America.