by gwffoundation | Mar 16, 2017 | Archaeology, Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
We have a unique situation here at the Ferry Farm Archaeology Lab. One of our volunteers, who has spent hundreds of hours washing, sorting and labeling excavated artifacts, is oddly enough, also partially responsible for creating some of those artifacts in the first...
by gwffoundation | Mar 8, 2017 | Lives & Legacies
March 6, 2017 was the 286th wedding anniversary of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s amazing parents. In addition to calling to mind how grateful we are for their role in raising the boy who would become our courageous General and first...
by gwffoundation | Mar 1, 2017 | Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies
With one sister and three brothers, George Washington was uncle to numerous nieces and nephews. One niece was Harriot Washington was born sometime in 1776 to his brother Samuel and Samuel’s fourth wife Ann Steptoe. Harriot was orphaned by the time she was five years...
by gwffoundation | Feb 22, 2017 | Lives & Legacies
Happy Birthday, George!! Two-hundred and eighty five years ago today on February 22, 1732, George Washington was born. Americans have commemorating his birth and his life for centuries, since he rose to prominence as the commanding general of the Continental...
by gwffoundation | Feb 20, 2017 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Every February, Presidents’ Day weekend is a celebratory one at George Washington’s Ferry Farm! As always this year, George’s boyhood home marked his birthday on Saturday, February 18 and then held Archaeology Day on Monday, February 20. Here are...
