by gwffoundation | May 5, 2016 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Sometimes nature can be stranger than fiction. At George Washington’s Ferry Farm, we are currently experiencing such a phenomenon: Apple Cedar Rust. Hideous in appearance, yet strangely fascinating, this fungus erupts on our cedar trees every few years when...
by gwffoundation | May 2, 2016 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
In this video, we show you how archaeologists piece together artifacts in order to learn about the object and, most importantly, the people who used the...
by gwffoundation | Apr 27, 2016 | Lives & Legacies
“I went in to the Bed as they call’d it when to my Surprize I found it to be nothing but a Little Straw—Matted together without Sheets or any thing else but only one Thread Bear blanket with double its Weight of Vermin such as Lice Fleas &c,” wrote 15-year-old...
by gwffoundation | Apr 23, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Governor Terry McAuliffe has proclaimed today – Saturday, April 23, 2016 – as Shakespeare Day in Virginia! While we’re planning and preparing Shakespeare on the Lawn in June, our first-ever Shakespeare Camp in July, and Shakespeare by Candlelight in...
by gwffoundation | Apr 20, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
While the various restorations of Kenmore itself over the years are usually the star attraction for visitors to the site, there was another restoration, equally as important, that occurred on the property in its early years as a museum. Kenmore’s gardens are...
