by gwffoundation | Apr 21, 2026 | Archaeology, Colonial America, Ferry Farm, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Preservation, Lives & Legacies, TOPFIVE
Beginning on Monday, April 27th and continuing for the next 11 weeks, archaeologists will once again be outside working onsite at Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home. Our current excavations are centered on...
by gwffoundation | Apr 30, 2025 | 20th century, American Revolution, Civil War, Colonial America, Developing America, Founding Figures, Historic Kenmore, Kenmore Assoication, Lives & Legacies, Washington family, Washington in the World
On July 22, 1942, Annie Fleming Smith wrote a letter. Smith was a prolific letter writer—her innumerable missives had helped raise the funds that saved Kenmore two decades earlier—so it is not surprising that she put pen to paper on that summer day. What is surprising...