by gwffoundation | Aug 20, 2021 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
Recently, I came across an interesting notice in an early edition of the Virginia Gazette. On June 9, 1738, Augustine Washington, George Washington’s father, placed a notice in the newspaper about one of his indentured servants running away. The notice...
by gwffoundation | Aug 11, 2021 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In this video, spend a day with the archaeologists digging at George Washington’s Ferry Farm this...
![The Flora and Fauna of Ferry Farm [Photos]](https://kenmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/benjamin-guest-1-1024x675.jpg)
by gwffoundation | Aug 4, 2021 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
On a recent summer Saturday morning, a group of photographers came to George Washington’s Ferry Farm for a hike on the trails around the property. A lot of wildlife call Ferry Farm home, and we hoped to capture some of it. We saw many birds, a turtle, and a rabbit...
![We’re Still Digging!: An Update on 2021’s Archaeological Excavation at Ferry Farm [Photos]](https://kenmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/crew-1024x675.jpg)
by gwffoundation | Jul 21, 2021 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
The 2021 archaeological dig season at George Washington’s Ferry Farm is over two-thirds complete. Here’s a collection of photos taken in the field of a few artifacts discovered thus far. You can read an overview of our expectations and goals for this year’s dig...
by gwffoundation | Jul 7, 2021 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Throughout my time as a museum professional, I have worked at several different museums each with different classifications, rules, and operating procedures. Before entering the museum world, I used to think that most museums operated in a similar way. However, that...
