by gwffoundation | Dec 15, 2021 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Washington family
On a typical day at George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm, visitors experiencing the house tour are ushered into the main hall upon which a dining table is set out before them with 18th-century reproductions of plates, glassware, wine bottles, and serving...
by gwffoundation | Jan 22, 2021 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
The end of the 2020 dig season at George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm last October required we tidy up of all our tools used during the excavation. We cleaned and stored away the multiple shovels, trowels, and wheel barrels used at the site and hauled...
by gwffoundation | Nov 25, 2020 | Archaeology, Behind the Scenes, Lives & Legacies
Like so many of you, in the middle of March this year, nearly all employees of George Washington’s Ferry Farm & Historic Kenmore began working from home and did not return to our offices for two and a half months. We expected a lengthy time away and, as such,...
by gwffoundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
It’s that time of year again! Actually, it’s past that time of year but better late than never! The annual summer archaeological dig at George Washington’s Ferry Farm – delayed like so many other things by the COVID-19 pandemic – has finally begun! Ferry Farm’s...
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