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 | May 11, 2018 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, Cash Arehart, Site Supervisor of the Capitol Building at Colonial Williamsburg presented a lecture titled “Credit and Coinage: The Economy of Colonial Virginia.” Using Kenmore’s Fielding Lewis as an example, he discussed currency,...
by gwffoundation | Feb 8, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lewis Family, Lives & Legacies
George Washington’s Ferry Farm is located on a hill overlooking the Rappahannock River. That river connects to the Chesapeake Bay and eventually the Atlantic Ocean. When young George Washington lived at Ferry Farm, the Rappahannock was a gateway to the entire...
by gwffoundation | Dec 21, 2017 | Archaeology, Foodways, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Ah, the humble wine bottle. There are few historical archaeological sites without them and Ferry Farm is no exception. Our current mending project has produced about a dozen wine bottles from one Washington house cellar feature alone. Readily identifiable because...
by gwffoundation | Aug 21, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Ships and sea-faring were parts of daily life and culture in the Atlantic World port of Fredericksburg. This was especially the case for the Fielding Lewis family, who became wealthy through shipping, ship owning, and ship building. Wednesday’s Lives &...
