by gwffoundation | Jul 28, 2016 | Lives & Legacies, Theater and Theater History
When we look at the history of Shakespeare in America the preference for his classic tragedies is obvious. Romeo and Juliet and Richard III are two of the three most-performed plays of the 18th century (George Farquhar’s The Beaux Stratagem rounded out this top...
by gwffoundation | Jul 25, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
An interpretive replica of the house that young George Washington lived in with his family is being built at his boyhood home at Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia. This replica is being constructed on the exact location of the original. Through the use of a...
by gwffoundation | Jul 20, 2016 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Plants have played a critical role in human survival through the ages. Although most people in the modern world do not rely on plants they gather themselves, we are surrounded by useful flora that Native Americans and later European colonists relied upon. Today,...
by gwffoundation | Jul 13, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
A carpet was recently installed in the Drawing Room at Historic Kenmore. In this video, Meghan Budinger, Aldrich Director of Curatorial Operations, tells us all about it. Follow The Rooms at Kenmore blog for more about the drawing room carpet and the final stages of...
by gwffoundation | Jul 8, 2016 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Scenes from this past weekend’s Independence Day celebration at George Washington’s Ferry...
by gwffoundation | Jul 6, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In 1996, the Trustees, Regents, and staff of The George Washington Foundation, known then as the Kenmore Association, were part of a large and vocal group of concerned citizens that banded together to save the site of George Washington’s Boyhood Home from commercial...
