Gingerbread House Construction Workshop & A Wee Christmas Workshop [Photos]

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...

Why Did Yankee Doodle Call a Feather “Macaroni”?

by gwffoundation | Jul 3, 2019 | Holiday History, Lives & Legacies

In honor of the Independence Day tomorrow, I want to talk about a pressing question I had as a child pertaining to one of our most popular patriotic songs “Yankee Doodle”. We all know the first verse. Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a...

“Twelfth Night at Historic Kenmore” 2019 [Photos]

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...

Coming Soon! “Twelfth Night at Kenmore” [Photos]

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...

The Decked Halls of George Washington’s Ferry Farm & Historic Kenmore [Photos]

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...