by gwffoundation | Apr 29, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
The George Washington Foundation broke ground for The Washington House and the First Phase of Construction at Ferry Farm on Saturday, April 25. Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, delivered keynote remarks....
by gwffoundation | Apr 24, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists sometimes recreate technology from the past to understand how people lived. This is called experimental archaeology. When archaeologists at George Washington’s Ferry Farm found glue residue on sherds of Mary Washington’s china, they...
by gwffoundation | Apr 16, 2015 | Civil War, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Editor’s Note: Lives & Legacies continues to remember the Civil War as that conflict’s 150th anniversary concludes this April and May. During the Civil War, the homes of George Washington and Fielding Lewis – both indispensable to securing American...
by gwffoundation | Apr 9, 2015 | Civil War, Lives & Legacies
Along with churches across the city of Fredericksburg and historic sites, public buildings, schools, and more across the nation, Historic Kenmore marked the 150th anniversary of the symbolic end of the Civil War on April 9, 1865 by ringing a bell for four minutes at...
by gwffoundation | Apr 1, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Back in late February, staff revamped the orientation exhibit in the visitors center at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. The new exhibit called The Science of History at Ferry Farm tells the story of how archaeologists and historians discovered the location of...
by gwffoundation | Mar 27, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
The George Washington Foundation’s curators recently oversaw the hanging of portraits in Historic Kenmore’s Drawing Room. Portraits of Fielding and Betty Lewis painted by John Wollaston as well as of John Lewis and Fielding Lewis, Jr. painted by Charles...
