by gwffoundation | Nov 27, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
The holiday season is beginning! No matter how you celebrate the next several weeks, you’re likely spending extra time thinking about food. We archaeologists are no different, only we also want to know what the Washingtons and their enslaved laborers ate, whether at...
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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...
by gwffoundation | Nov 20, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
The summer of 2019 was an especially hot one here in Virginia, but we managed to add some cool crispness to the Washington house interior. It came in the form of some new textiles for the “best bed” in the Hall Back Room, in a refreshing blue and white color scheme. ...
by gwffoundation | Nov 18, 2019 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
In this video, Fredericksburg, Virginia-based furniture maker Steve Dietrich discusses two of the techniques he used to create a blanket chest for the reconstructed Washington house at Ferry Farm. Watch other videos and read more about rebuilding the Washington house...
by gwffoundation | Nov 13, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
A little more than a year ago we published a blog post highlighting a horse’s mane comb excavated years ago at George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm. Though the rusty iron mane comb was incomplete, a lone, decorative “G” located along the top of the comb...
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...
