by gwffoundation | Apr 19, 2023 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Health, Lives & Legacies, Washington in the World
Epidemics and pandemics loom large in history. Few have not heard of the Black Death or Spanish Flu, and Covid-19 still affects our lives. Short, two to three-year outbreaks of these diseases kill quickly and in staggering numbers, but what about the diseases that...
by gwffoundation | Mar 8, 2023 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Fashion in History, Lives & Legacies
You have probably seen an enormous amount of corsetry imagery in your life. Whether it was the scene in Gone with the Wind where Mammy is lacing Scarlet into her corset as she holds onto the bedpost or a social media post about waist training using a modern piece of...
by gwffoundation | Feb 22, 2023 | Archaeology, Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
At the beginning of our 2022 dig, we were working with the assumption that a colonial-era building was located at the edge of our excavation site at Ferry Farm, the Boyhood Home of George Washington. At the southeastern edge of the work yard, four post-holes had been...
by gwffoundation | Jan 25, 2023 | Archaeology, Betty Washington, Lives & Legacies, Twelfth Night, Washington family
This year at our annual Twelfth-Night celebrations, visitors could enter the kitchen for a short lecture and demonstration. The archaeology and curatorial teams gave the talks to explain two important food items that play a part in Kenmore’s history and the...
by gwffoundation | Jan 11, 2023 | Archaeology, Behind the Scenes, Lives & Legacies
If you visited Ferry Farm on October 21, 2022, you may have heard a loud crash coming from the archaeology lab – don’t worry, it was on purpose! During my fall semester internship at the Ferry Farm Archaeology Department, I had the pleasure of learning how to...
by gwffoundation | Dec 14, 2022 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
If you visit George Washington’s Ferry Farm this December, you’ll be greeted by the sweet smell of spiced gingerbread as soon as you walk through the door! During our annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibit, our gallery space is transformed into a...
