by gwffoundation | Jul 1, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
A quick post today because everyone here at The George Washington Foundation are busily preparing for The Fourth of July at Ferry Farm this Saturday! Still, we did have a bit of time to take a quick look through the archives for some images of celebrations in...
by gwffoundation | Jun 29, 2015 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Master Stonemason Ray Cannetti dresses a stone that will be part of the foundation of an interpretive replica of George Washington’s boyhood home being constructed at Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Watch Part 1: “Splitting the Stone” here....
by gwffoundation | Jun 24, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists are occasionally confronted with ‘mystery artifacts’ that either cannot be identified or have been altered to serve a purpose other than what was originally intended. Recently, in our small finds collection, we identified an artifact transformed in...
by gwffoundation | Jun 22, 2015 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In this video, spend a day with the archaeologists as they excavate at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. Learn more about Ferry Farm archaeology at...
by gwffoundation | Jun 17, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
King Lear is known far and wide as William Shakespeare’s finest tragedy but it has not always been the preferred version of the story. In part one, we saw how Shakespeare popularized the old story of King Lear by crafting a story aimed directly at Elizabethan...
