by gwffoundation | Apr 22, 2020 | Lives & Legacies
The Presidential election of 1789 looked quite different than our current election day. For one, the election had to last almost a month to ensure that each state had time for their voters to choose their candidate. Then, in February, the Electoral College announced...
by gwffoundation | Apr 4, 2019 | George Washington, Lives & Legacies
Originally, this post was going to explore colonial America’s fear and fascination with lightning and the practical tools created to help prevent destructive lightning damage. During my research, however, I encountered a tale about Mary Ball Washington and a close...
by gwffoundation | Jun 20, 2018 | Lives & Legacies
At George Washington’s Ferry Farm, most of our thinking, research, and writing is focused on the best known and most significant of all Americans, George Washington. But George was not the only Washington to live at Ferry Farm nor was he even the only Washington boy...
by gwffoundation | Oct 3, 2017 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
As George Washington’s Ferry Farm prepares to celebrate the reconstruction of the Washington house, we traveled around George’s hometown – Fredericksburg, Virginia – to visit a few places important in the transformation of George from boy to man. In 1753, 21-year-old...
by gwffoundation | Sep 29, 2017 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
As George Washington’s Ferry Farm prepares to celebrate the reconstruction of the Washington house, we traveled around George’s hometown – Fredericksburg, Virginia – to visit a few places important in the transformation of George from boy to man. Besides learning to...
