by gwffoundation | Mar 27, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
The George Washington Foundation’s curators recently oversaw the hanging of portraits in Historic Kenmore’s Drawing Room. Portraits of Fielding and Betty Lewis painted by John Wollaston as well as of John Lewis and Fielding Lewis, Jr. painted by Charles...
by gwffoundation | Mar 12, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Editor’s Note: The behind-the-scenes tour mentioned at the end of this post and on the video’s end title is sold out. Today, we’re linking to a behind-the-scenes video on The George Washington Foundation’s YouTube channel. In the...
by gwffoundation | Feb 4, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
This year, we’ve not had a particularly photographic snow at George Washington’s Ferry Farm or Historic Kenmore… yet. Snow eventually will come but, until then, we’re sharing some of our best snowy photos from last year and from ten years...
by gwffoundation | Jan 15, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
January and the start of the year are always a time of new beginnings. Recently, while digging through archival material, I came upon an exciting collection of newspaper clippings and photographs that detailed the New Year’s purchase of Kenmore and the beginning of...
by gwffoundation | Jan 6, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Today – January 6 – marks the end of Christmas or, at least, it did two centuries ago. If we lived in the days of George Washington, Betty Washington Lewis, and Fielding Lewis and moved within their social circle, we would all be preparing for the...
by gwffoundation | Dec 31, 2014 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
In the colonial-era, the Christmas season lasted into January and concluded on Twelfth Night, a festive evening to mark the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas and celebrated much like our New Year’s Eve is today. While the entire period featured frequent banquets...
