by gwffoundation | Sep 20, 2018 | American Revolution, Lives & Legacies, Washington family
Editor’s Note: At George Washington’s Ferry Farm, we are always interested in reexaminations of accepted history. Archaeology is creating new and more complete understandings of George’s Washington’s youth as well as of Mary Washington as a person. Mary has been...
![Archaeologists Dig History! [Photos]](https://kenmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-1-1024x675.jpg)
by gwffoundation | Sep 17, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
This summer out on the dig site, one of our archaeology interns sometimes wore a t-shirt that read “archaeologist (n): one who digs history.” In this album, you’ll see this year’s excavation crew — field director Steve Lenik, assistant...
by gwffoundation | Aug 22, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Archaeological excavations at George Washington’s Ferry Farm have occurred nearly every summer since The George Washington Foundation purchased the property in 1996. The summer of 2017, when the majority of the replica Washington house construction was underway, was...
by gwffoundation | Aug 9, 2018 | Archaeology, Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
The heavily worn coin, known as a “black dogg” and pictured above, is a unique archaeological find at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. It was originally circulated in the French Caribbean and certainly traveled some distance to find its way to British Virginia. ...
![Archaeology Camp at Ferry Farm 2018 [Photos]](https://kenmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-1-1080x675.jpg)
by gwffoundation | Jul 23, 2018 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Last week, George Washington’s Ferry Farm hosted Archaeology Camp for ages 9-12. From digging, washing, and mending “artifacts” that they “excavated” in educational mock digs at Ferry Farm, campers learned about the entire archaeology process and the importance of...
by gwffoundation | Jul 13, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Scenes from last week’s Independence Day celebration at George Washington’s Ferry Farm! Read “Celebrating the Fourth and what makes America great” by Kristin Davis for The Free Lance-Star about the Ferry Farm and other area celebrations....
