by gwffoundation | Feb 28, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
It’s easy to take our refrigerators for granted. There they sit in our kitchens quietly keeping our food safe to eat and making our lives quite easy. It may be difficult to imagine but a large percentage of time on an 18th century homestead such as George...
by gwffoundation | Nov 22, 2017 | Lives & Legacies
“It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all cider” — Benjamin Franklin Name a beverage consumed by all age groups, men and women alike, the poor and the very rich, from sun up to sun down, that is touted as healthy and refreshing yet also...
by gwffoundation | Nov 16, 2017 | Furniture, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
One of the first pieces of furniture that will arrive at the recreated Washington house at George Washington’s Ferry Farm will be the large, round dining table for the Hall. It’s being made at a shop in Pennsylvania and we hope to have it before the end of the year. ...
by gwffoundation | Sep 6, 2017 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
In this video, we make switchel, a summertime beverage popular in the 1700s. Its ingredients contain a lot of potassium which replenishes the body’s electrolytes. Learn more about switchel and other methods used to say cool in the 18th century on this blog post....
by gwffoundation | May 24, 2017 | Lives & Legacies
The history of coffee is long and complex and can never be fully explored in a single blog post, however, because of my admiration for the caffeinated beverage I wanted to learn how the colonist utilized coffee. Fortunately, in the collections at Kenmore, we not only...
