by gwffoundation | May 22, 2015 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Master Stonemason Ray Cannetti and his crew split large sandstone boulders into smaller pieces that will then be dressed into foundation stones for an interpretive replica of George Washington’s boyhood home soon to be constructed at Ferry Farm. The George...
by gwffoundation | Apr 29, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
The George Washington Foundation broke ground for The Washington House and the First Phase of Construction at Ferry Farm on Saturday, April 25. Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, delivered keynote remarks....
by gwffoundation | Apr 16, 2015 | Civil War, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Editor’s Note: Lives & Legacies continues to remember the Civil War as that conflict’s 150th anniversary concludes this April and May. During the Civil War, the homes of George Washington and Fielding Lewis – both indispensable to securing American...
by gwffoundation | Apr 1, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Back in late February, staff revamped the orientation exhibit in the visitors center at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. The new exhibit called The Science of History at Ferry Farm tells the story of how archaeologists and historians discovered the location of...
by gwffoundation | Mar 25, 2015 | Colonial Grossology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Editor’s Note: Looking back in time, people’s personal hygiene, fashion choices, medical treatments, and more sometimes look, at the very least, bizarre, if not outright disgusting. When confronted with these weird or gross practices, our first reaction can be to...
by gwffoundation | Mar 18, 2015 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
At George Washington’s Ferry Farm we’ve just wrapped up a ceramic mending project. We explain how and why we undertake these mending projects in this post. Our most recent effort focused on Westerwald stonewares owned by the Washington family. Stoneware is a...
