by gwffoundation | Mar 25, 2020 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Many families have called Historic Kenmore “home” over its more than two centuries of existence. In late 19th century, the Howards lived in the grand brick home and one Howard in particular left an everlasting mark on the house and its history. William...
by gwffoundation | Mar 17, 2020 | American Revolution, George Washington, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
Saint Patrick’s Day honors St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who was born in England and lived during the 5th century. Early in life, he was kidnapped, sold into slavery, and ended up living in Ireland. He is credited with converting the Irish to Christianity,...
by gwffoundation | Mar 6, 2020 | Holiday History, Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies
At the end of 2019, Dr. Edward E. Moore donated a collection of family documents to Historic Kenmore. Dr. Moore’s is the great-great grandnephew of Esther Maria Lewis Moore, who was the great granddaughter of Lawrence Lewis. Lawrence was the son of Betty and Fielding...
by gwffoundation | Feb 26, 2020 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
In the 18th century, more women began to publish cookbooks. Previously, writing or compiling such books was the domain professional cooks or chefs, who were men. Two of these women and their books, Hannah Glasse’s The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy and Eliza...
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by gwffoundation | Feb 12, 2020 | George Washington, Lives & Legacies, Washington in the World
A staff member who works at George Washington’s Ferry Farm and Historic Kenmore recently visited Pittsburgh. Little George accompanied her and visited places related in some fashion to George Washington’s life in the 1700s, the world he lived at that time , or...
by gwffoundation | Jan 31, 2020 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
It’s hard to believe that there was once a time when products weren’t covered in labels listing all their ingredients in great detail. We are used to labels promising the absence of unhealthy chemicals. We are accustomed to labels warning when a product was packaged...
