by gwffoundation | Jan 25, 2024 | Ancestors and Descendants, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
One of my favorite historical objects in the collection are photographs. Not particularly for artistic reasons, but as a documentation of a moment, a time, a person, a world that no longer exists. During the Victorian era (1837-1901), there were...
by gwffoundation | Nov 4, 2020 | Historic Kenmore, Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies
On walls of the Historic Kenmore’s drawing room hang two large portraits of a man and a woman. The man is an older gentleman in a serene outdoor setting, looking quite dignified and sober in a brownish knee-length jacket, knee breeches and long waistcoat. His...
by gwffoundation | May 27, 2020 | Lives & Legacies, Washington family
You might remember the discovery of Richard III’s grave under a Leicester parking lot back in 2012 and how shocking it was that a former King of England’s gravesite had been lost. For archaeologists, missing gravesites aren’t that uncommon. When put into perspective,...
by gwffoundation | May 7, 2020 | Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies
Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis were married on this date in 1750 and would have celebrated their 270th wedding anniversary this year. In honor of their anniversary, we’ve taken some creative liberty and have created a fictional newspaper announcement of...
by gwffoundation | Oct 6, 2017 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
As George Washington’s Ferry Farm prepares to celebrate the reconstruction of the Washington house, we traveled around George’s hometown – Fredericksburg, Virginia – to visit a few places important in the transformation of George from boy to man. Fredericksburg...
