by gwffoundation | Oct 4, 2017 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sixty years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, Earth’s first artificial satellite, into orbit. It was an event with consequences, both great and small, that spanned the globe, even reaching Ferry Farm, once the boyhood home of...
by gwffoundation | Oct 4, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Sputniks and mutniks, flying through the air, Sputniks and mutniks, flying everywhere, It’s so ironic. Are they atomic? Those funny missiles have got me scared. -Lyrics from “Sputniks and Mutniks” by Ray Anderson and the Home Folks (1958) “Beep, Beep, Beep…”...
