by gwffoundation | Jul 13, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
A carpet was recently installed in the Drawing Room at Historic Kenmore. In this video, Meghan Budinger, Aldrich Director of Curatorial Operations, tells us all about it. Follow The Rooms at Kenmore blog for more about the drawing room carpet and the final stages of...
by gwffoundation | Jul 8, 2016 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Scenes from this past weekend’s Independence Day celebration at George Washington’s Ferry...
by gwffoundation | Jul 6, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In 1996, the Trustees, Regents, and staff of The George Washington Foundation, known then as the Kenmore Association, were part of a large and vocal group of concerned citizens that banded together to save the site of George Washington’s Boyhood Home from commercial...
by gwffoundation | Jun 29, 2016 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
Writing to wife Abigail following Congress’s adoption of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams famously outlined his vision for how future generations would celebrate the historic moment. “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding...
by gwffoundation | Jun 23, 2016 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Typically, when modern Americans think of summer barbecue food, they think of meat grilled over an open flame. While that would certainly appeal to an eighteenth century audience, it is not necessarily what they considered ‘typical’ summer fare. Large livestock like...
