by gwffoundation | Oct 19, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Since its transformation into a historic site, Kenmore has drawn its share of prominent and recognizable visitors including a vice president, a congressman, and numerous First Ladies of the United States. Indeed, the ladies of the Kenmore Association, who worked to...
by gwffoundation | Sep 9, 2016 | Lives & Legacies
Samuel Washington was born in Westmoreland County on November 16, 1734 at “…about 3 in the morning.” He was the third child and second oldest boy of Augustine and Mary Washington.[1] Aside from his relationship to his famous older brother, George Washington, there is...
by gwffoundation | Aug 18, 2016 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts inspired by this year’s Summer Olympics. This week, Archaeologist Mara Kaktins reflects on the connection fencing has created between her family and George Washington. Read our first Olympics-inspired post here. At our...
by gwffoundation | Jul 25, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
An interpretive replica of the house that young George Washington lived in with his family is being built at his boyhood home at Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia. This replica is being constructed on the exact location of the original. Through the use of a...
by gwffoundation | Jul 6, 2016 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In 1996, the Trustees, Regents, and staff of The George Washington Foundation, known then as the Kenmore Association, were part of a large and vocal group of concerned citizens that banded together to save the site of George Washington’s Boyhood Home from commercial...
