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 | Jan 18, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
Each January, Historic Kenmore presents Twelfth Night at Kenmore, a dramatic theater presentation that imagines the first Christmas that Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis spent in their newly built home. The play is set in January 1776 and that year is not a time...
by gwffoundation | Jan 2, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Theater and Theater History
On Friday, January 11, Saturday, January 12, and Sunday, January 13, Historic Kenmore will again present Twelfth Night at Kenmore, a dramatic theater presentation set in 1776. This production depicts the first Christmas that Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis...
by gwffoundation | Dec 24, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Historic Kenmore, Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
Happy Holidays! George Washington’s Ferry Farm & Historic Kenmore are closed today for Christmas Eve and tomorrow for Christmas Day. Both houses will reopen for tours for five more days this year before closing on New Year’s Eve and beginning their...
by gwffoundation | Dec 19, 2018 | Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
The holiday season has arrived at Historic Kenmore, bringing with it our annual display in the house of colonial wintry traditions from greenery to lovely desserts. Two years ago, I explored the mysterious origin of Betty Lewis’s hedgehog cake and even made a pretty...