by gwffoundation | Dec 16, 2023 | British Empire, Developing America, Founding Figures, Lives & Legacies
Author’s Note: This blog contains hyperlinks to primary documents related to the event. Figure 1: 250th Logo (Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum) Intro This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (Figure 1). Hailed as a defining moment in the...
by gwffoundation | Jul 1, 2020 | Lives & Legacies
The 18th century was dominated by the ideas of the Enlightenment which gave rise to a range of principles like liberty, equality, constitutional government, and free enterprise. It was a revolution in thought led not by politicians and soldiers, but by a handful of...
by gwffoundation | Apr 10, 2020 | Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies, Washington family
George Washington was the oldest of Augustine and Mary Washington’s five children. The next oldest was daughter Betty, who was born 14 months after George and was his only sister. George and Betty are immensely important to us at George Washington’s Ferry Farm &...
by gwffoundation | Apr 24, 2019 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
With hindsight, the events of history often seem inevitable. America was destined for independence from Britain. All colonists were patriots who saw themselves as a nation and a people separate from the mother country. This was absolutely not the case. Colonists’...
by gwffoundation | Dec 13, 2017 | Lives & Legacies
Living in Colonial America, disease and illness were defining challenges and perpetual threats of human existence. At the time, there was no concept of infection or germ-theory, no vaccines, no really effective treatments for infectious disease and few public health...
