by gwffoundation | Dec 13, 2016 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
It’s the 30th year of a a long-standing holiday tradition: the Gingerbread Contest & Exhibit at George Washington’s Ferry Farm! This year’s theme is “Home for the Holidays.” Read about Thirty Years of Gingerbread. Adults and children...
by gwffoundation | Dec 9, 2016 | Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
In the 17th and 18th centuries, colonial Virginians decorated their homes for Christmas with all manner of evergreens. This greenery – holly, ivy, mistletoe, and more – were seen as symbols of everlasting life. Each year at Historic Kenmore, we also decorate the...
by gwffoundation | Nov 29, 2016 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
It’s a long-standing holiday tradition. In fact, it’s so long-standing that this year, 2016, marks the tradition’s 30th year. What tradition is that? The annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibit at George Washington’s Ferry Farm! Since we are marking three...
by gwffoundation | Jun 29, 2016 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
Writing to wife Abigail following Congress’s adoption of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams famously outlined his vision for how future generations would celebrate the historic moment. “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding...
by gwffoundation | Jan 11, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
Each January, Historic Kenmore presents Twelfth Night at Kenmore, a dramatic theater presentation that imagines the first Christmas that Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis spent in their newly built home. The play is set in January 1776 and that year is not a time...
by gwffoundation | Jan 4, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
This coming weekend — Friday, January 8, Saturday, January 9, or Sunday, January 10 — Historic Kenmore again presents Twelfth Night at Kenmore, a dramatic theater presentation set in January 1776. It is the first Christmas that Fielding and Betty...
