Celebrate Tench Tilghman Week

Learn about the Tilghman Family and how they navigated a difficult time during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Tench Tilghman was a patriot and George Washington’s longest-serving aide-de-camp (i.e., personal secretary) during the war. His father, James Tilghman, was a loyalist. His uncle, Matthew Tilghman, was the “father of the revolution in Maryland” and one of his brothers served in the British Navy during the war.

Discover how the members of the Tilghman family managed to maintain strong familial relationships and bonds of affection even though they chose different sides of the conflict during a time when the citizens of our nation were very divided, much as we are today.

Learn lessons from the behaviors demonstrated by members of the Tilghman family and George Washington that allowed this family to preserve their caring relationships during this tumultuous period of America’s early history.