by gwffoundation | Sep 30, 2021 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies, Washington in the World
Today – September 30 – is World Maritime Day. The United Nations and the International Maritime Organization created World Maritime Day in 1978 “to celebrate the international maritime industry’s contribution towards the world’s economy, especially in shipping.”...
by gwffoundation | Nov 6, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, History of Slavery, Kenmore Enslaved Community Project, Lives & Legacies
The staff of Historic Kenmore & George Washington’s Ferry Farm regularly conducts research into the enslaved communities that existed at both Kenmore and Ferry Farm during the Lewis and Washington family occupations. Most of the surviving information about...
