Gingerbread House Construction Workshop & A Wee Christmas Workshop [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Nov 25, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies

On Saturday, November 19, George Washington’s Ferry Farm and Historic Kenmore both presented their annual holiday workshops devoted to teaching attendees either how to build a gingerbread house or to create a holiday themed “room box.”  Here are some...

Abraham and The Ropewalkers: Finding Large Stories in Small Details

by gwffoundation | Nov 6, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, History of Slavery, Kenmore Enslaved Community Project, Lives & Legacies

The staff of Historic Kenmore & George Washington’s Ferry Farm regularly conducts research into the enslaved communities that existed at both Kenmore and Ferry Farm during the Lewis and Washington family occupations.  Most of the surviving information about...

Time for Some Trash Talk: The Social Role of Garbage at Historic Kenmore

by gwffoundation | Jun 27, 2019 | Archaeology, Historic Kenmore, 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...

Lecture – The Social Role of Garbage in Colonial Virginia [Video]

by gwffoundation | May 24, 2019 | Archaeology, Foodways, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies

On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, Dave Muraca, Director of Archaeology at The George Washington Foundation, presented “The Social Role of Garbage in Colonial Virginia,” the final talk in this year’s annual lecture series. Dave presented three case studies in...

Rooms at Rest

by gwffoundation | Apr 9, 2019 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies

Visitors to Kenmore on the evening of April 13th will have the opportunity to see the Dining Room in a very different light, both literally and figuratively.  In preparation for our evening program Letters from the Past, we will be putting the room “at rest,” an...

I Cannot Tell a Lie But I Can Tell a Fable: Aesop’s Fables and the Cherry Tree Tale

by gwffoundation | Feb 21, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies

If you’ve been to Historic Kenmore, you’ve likely been awestruck at the beauty of the plaster ceilings throughout the first floor. Although the identity of “The Stucco Man” is lost to history, he left behind a lesson above the fireplace in the Dining Room. The plaster...