by gwffoundation | Oct 31, 2024 | Literature, Lives & Legacies
We have reached the best time of the year. The summer heat has broken, the leaves are crispy, and the best holiday, Halloween, is coming up quickly. We all know Halloween was not celebrated in Colonial America, but that doesn’t mean we can’t incorporate a bit of...
by gwffoundation | Oct 31, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
The use of folk magic may seem foreign and exotic to many of us in the 21st century. If we look closer, though, it is apparent that some modern Americans still practice it today – even if they don’t realize it. Have you ever hunted for a four-leaf clover? Have you...
by gwffoundation | Aug 3, 2016 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
We excavate hundreds of artifacts every day during the field season at George Washington’s Ferry Farm and occasionally one or two really stand out. For me, the most interesting artifacts uncovered during the past few years are fragments of a Bartmann Jug. The...
