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Goneril (Corinn Keene - far left) makes her disingenuous declaration.2021-09-30T20:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/09/30/maritime-history-at-kenmore-ferry-farm/2021-09-30T16:01:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/civility/what-does-civility-to-you/2021-09-23T15:27:41+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/09/22/have-you-found-anything-today-a-review-of-the-2021-archaeological-excavation-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/blue-paste-gem-button.jpgblue paste gem button2021-09-22T16:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/09/15/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-historic-interpreter-at-ferry-farm-video/2021-09-15T17:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/09/01/a-national-treasures-life-a-history-of-the-declaration-of-independence/2021-09-01T15:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/08/20/markd-with-gunpowder-tattoos-in-early-america/2021-08-20T15:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/08/11/a-day-at-the-dig-at-george-washingtons-ferry-farm-video/2021-08-11T15:37:48+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/08/04/the-flora-and-fauna-of-ferry-farm-photos/2021-08-04T19:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/07/21/were-still-digging-an-update-on-2021s-archaeological-excavation-at-ferry-farm-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/staffordshire-ware.pngstaffordshire wareA piece of Staffordshire slipware, a utilitarian ware common in the 18th century. Utilitarian wares are indicators of cooking and storage, rather than formal dining.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/insulator.jpginsulatorThe Ferry Farm property was occupied by various families until the 1990s. This electrical insulator is patented May 13, 1902.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/button.jpgbuttonA small military button- likely Civil War- with a number “9”. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/alphabetware.pngalphabetwareA 19th Century “Alphabetware” child’s plate, for practicing letters while they eat.2021-07-15T13:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/07/07/national-parks-national-historic-landmarks-and-the-national-register-of-historic-places-oh-my/2021-07-07T18:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/06/25/the-fifes-drums-of-york-town-at-george-washingtons-ferry-farm-video/2021-06-25T20:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/06/23/liberty-vs-the-king-national-identities-in-two-lewis-family-drinking-vessels/2021-06-22T15:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/06/11/were-digging-a-preview-of-2021s-archaeological-excavation-at-ferry-farm/2021-06-11T17:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/06/02/the-fossils-of-ferry-farm/2021-06-02T18:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/05/19/stories-that-demand-to-be-told/2021-05-19T15:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/05/12/marys-dishes-video/2021-05-12T14:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/05/03/what-was-old-is-new-again-the-return-of-a-map-floorcloth-to-fielding-lewiss-office/2021-05-03T18:58:26+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/04/26/new-arrivals-at-ferry-farm-kenmore-video/2021-04-26T15:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/04/20/the-gardens-of-historic-kenmore/2021-04-20T17:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/04/16/rakes-of-mallow-yankee-doodle-by-colonial-faire-video/2021-04-16T20:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/04/01/agreeable-amusements-music-dancing-in-the-life-of-george-washington/2021-04-01T17:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/03/11/joice-heth/2021-03-11T17:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/11/08/election-day-in-the-1700s/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-polling-by-william-hogarth.jpgthe-polling-by-william-hogarthhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/prince-william-county-polling-book.jpgprince-william-county-polling-bookhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/an-election-entertainment-by-william-hogarth.jpgan-election-entertainment-by-william-hogarth2021-03-02T17:33:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/civility/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/penmanship-thumbnail.jpgPenmanship thumbnail2021-03-01T15:57:07+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/civility/rules-of-civility-transcript/2021-02-25T20:15:47+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/civility/activities-and-resources/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bookmark-photo.jpgBookmark Photohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/skit-thumbnail.jpgSkit Thumbnail2021-02-25T20:15:03+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/about/2021-02-24T18:43:08+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/ferry-farm-construction-project/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-02-06-house-exterior-completed-17.jpgExterior of Washington house frontThe completed reconstruction of the Washington house at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20953484_1643347889018311_7505150150423803893_n.jpgWashington house aerial viewAerial view of the Washington house at George Washington's Ferry Farm. Photo courtesy of Jimmy Cline.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0953.jpgIMG_0953https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0930.jpgIMG_0930https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_1020_crop.jpgDSC_1020_cropStonemason Ray Cannetti inspects his handiwork.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0985_edit.jpgDSC_0985_edit2021-02-24T18:42:37+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/blog/2021-02-24T17:59:38+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/02/22/five-international-influences-on-george-washingtons-early-life/2021-02-22T17:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/02/04/ear-scoops-ear-wax-and-their-uses/2021-02-04T20:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/spot-the-difference-answers/2021-01-22T18:37:51+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/01/22/spot-the-differences-tools-of-the-trade/2021-01-22T18:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2021/01/04/dined-at-the-city-tavern/2021-01-05T14:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/12/17/appearance-is-everything-mary-washington-and-her-specialized-ceramics-of-gentility-some-seriously-fancy-dishes/2020-12-30T16:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/12/20/the-christmastime-escape-of-stephen-and-guile/2020-12-24T15:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/12/23/making-eggnog/2020-12-19T20:10:07+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/11/06/abraham-and-the-ropewalkers-finding-large-stories-in-small-details/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/amsterdam-1604932_1280-1.jpgRope, or line, was essential in the 18th century, rather on Atlantic sailing vessels or a Virginia farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dorsetdorsetblogspot.gifThe Fredericksburg Ropewalk probably did not have actual sheds or roofed buildings. It was most likely just the long, straight ditch in the ground, bordered by occasional wooden posts on either side, situated on a flat stretch of land similar to this Dutch ropewalk.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ad-for-atkinson-hanewinkel-virginia-gazette-september-1776.jpgAd for Atkinson & Hanewinkel, Virginia Gazette, September 1776Advertisement for "dressed FLAX and HEMP" placed by John Atkinson and Alexander Hanewinkel in the September 6, 1776 edition of Purdie's Virginia Gazette.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wrights-rope-walk-1770.jpgWright's Rope Walk, 1770Wright's Rope Walk in Birmingham, England about the year 1770.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bob-1-and-2.jpgBob 2 and 3Portion of The Divvy List showing Bob #2 with "Fredbg" after his name and Bob #2 with "Ropewalk" after his name.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/abraham-rw.jpgAbraham RWPortion of The Divvy List showing Abraham with an "R.W." after his name.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/vendu-list-1798.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Vendu List, 1798https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/divvy-list-1782.jpgDivvy List, 1782The Divvy List, 1782https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fielding-lewis-probate-2-1781.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFielding Lewis's Probate Inventory, 1781 , pg. 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fielding-lewis-probate-1-1781.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFielding Lewis's Probate Inventory, 1781 , pg. 12020-12-17T17:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/06/17/charlotte-and-the-mercury-pills/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ms-850.jpgms 850https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/enslaved-seamstress.jpgenslaved seamstressEnslaved seamstress in the 18th century. Credit: Historical Images2020-12-17T17:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/10/01/billy-at-the-door/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ms-1049-1821-george-lewis-vendu-list-billy-highlights.jpgMS 1049 1821 George Lewis vendu list - Billy highlightshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/portrait-of-a-youth-in-an-embroidered-vest-1785-by-marie-victoire-lemoine.jpgPortrait of a Youth in an Embroidered Vest (1785) by Marie-Victoire Lemoinehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/charles-calvert-and-his-slave-1761-by-john-hesselius.jpgCharles Calvert and his Slave (1761) by John Hesseliushttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1781-fielding-lews-probate-inventory-billy-highlighted.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2020-12-17T17:20:59+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/12/03/we-really-dig-history-2020-excavation-at-ferry-farm/2020-12-03T16:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/11/25/how-to-do-archaeology-during-a-pandemic/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/washing-at-home-3.jpgWashing at home 32020-11-20T19:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/11/18/when-a-spoon-is-more-than-a-spoon-the-initialed-teaspoon-of-betty-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/two-ladies-and-an-officer-seated-at-tea-1715-by-unknown-artist.jpgTwo ladies and an officer seated at tea (1715) by unknown artistTwo ladies and an officer seated at tea (1715) by unknown artist. Credit: Victoria and Albert Museum.2020-11-18T17:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/11/04/more-than-meets-the-eye-what-their-portraits-say-about-the-lewis-family/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030Eleanor Rosalie Tucker (1818) by unknown artist.2020-11-03T16:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/10/29/infographic-ten-pivotal-moments-of-george-washingtons-boyhood/2020-10-29T12:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/10/14/general-likability-eisenhower-and-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ike-and-george-in-presidential-portraits.jpgIke and George in Presidential Portraitshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ike-and-george-in-uniform.jpgIke and George in Uniformhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/generals-on-horseback.jpgGenerals on Horseback2020-10-14T14:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/09/17/i-have-the-honor-to-be-your-obedient-servant-why-did-washington-end-his-letters-this-way/2020-09-17T17:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/09/10/true-or-false-test-your-knowledge-of-mary-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ss-john-w-brown.jpgSS John W BrownSS John W. Brown as an example of a "Liberty Ship" similar to the SS Mary Ball. Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/chicago-worlds-fair-looking-west-from-peristyle-court-of-honor-and-grand-basin-1893-1.jpgChicago World's Fair looking west from Peristyle, Court of Honor and Grand Basin, 18932020-09-10T15:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/04/01/true-or-false-test-your-knowledge-of-george-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/washingtons-inauguration-at-philadelphia-by-ferris.jpgWashington's Inauguration at Philadelphia by Ferris"Washington's Inauguration at Philadelphia" (1947) by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Credit: Library of Congresshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/washington-signature-closeup.jpgWashington signature closeupA closeup of Washington's signature on the U.S. Constitution.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/signatures-on-the-constitution-1.jpgSignatures on the ConstitutionSignatures on the Constitution of the United States by delegates to the Constitutional Convention. George Washington's is visible at the top of the right-hand column.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/signatures-on-the-constitution.jpgSignatures on the Constitutionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/constitution.jpgConstitution2020-09-09T18:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/08/19/were-digging-a-preview-of-this-years-archaeology-excavation-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/9-2.jpg9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-dig-site-location.jpg2020 Dig Site Locationhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/closing-the-dig-site-2019.jpgClosing the Dig Site 2019Archaeologists Lizzie O’Meara and Frank Amico cleaning last year's dig area for the final photo of 2019.2020-08-14T15:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/26/ten-pivotal-moments-in-george-washingtons-boyhood/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/strother-ad3-e1477491112710.jpgstrother-adhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/turnip-patch-survey.jpgturnip-patch-surveyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/washington-portrait-1772.jpgwashington-portrait-1772Portrait of George Washington, 1772 by Charles Willson Peale. Credit: National Portrait Galleryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/washington-barbados-painting.jpgwashington-barbados-paintinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/schomberg-portrait.jpgschomberg-portraithttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rules-of-civility.pngrules-of-civilityhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/chapman_gw-home_overlay3_day1.jpgchapman_GW HOME_overlay3_day12020-08-06T13:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/07/29/washington-and-the-culper-spy-ring/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/culper-code.jpgCulper CodeA page from the key to the Culper code. Credit: Library of Congresshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/benjamin-tallmadge-1790-by-ralph-earl.jpegBenjamin Tallmadge (1790) by Ralph EarlPortrait of Benjamin Tallmadge along with his son William painted after the war in 1790 by Ralph Earl. Source: Wikipedia2020-07-29T19:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/07/01/josiah-wedgwood-man-of-pottery-and-principles/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/87544.jpg87544A "Queen's" shape Wedgwood plate from 1956 with a view of Kenmore as the center transfer-print. The six lobed rim is transfer-printed in brown with various leaves.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/840018.jpg840018An oval form with a tall, off-center oval foot rim. The inside is molded with fluted sides, a deep pear, and two flanking leaves on bottom. This Wedgwood form dates from between 1810 and 1820.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/85024-cd.jpg85024 cdThis miniature covered creamware Wedgwood coffeepot dates from between 1785-1800. It has a plain loop handle, straight spout, and knob finial and is painted with underglaze iron red scattered flower sprays and border stripes. The lid is dome-shaped.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/860031.jpg860031Dating from about 1765, this circular Wedgwood plate has a molded shell edge and is finely painted in deep purple with flowers and leaves. The edge is feathered in purple.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/josiah-wedgwood-1780-by-george-stubbs.jpgJosiah Wedgwood (1780) by George StubbsJosiah Wedgwood (1780) by George Stubbs. Enamel on a Wedgwood ceramic tablet at the Wedgwood Museum in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Credit: Wedgwood Museum / Daderot / Wikipedia2020-07-01T19:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/06/24/your-entire-george-washington-the-affection-between-george-and-martha/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/the-washington-family-late-1790s-by-edward-savage.jpgThe Washington Family (late 1790s) by Edward SavageThe Washington Family (late 1790s) by Edward Savage showing George and Martha, of course. There is also George Washington "Washy" Parke Custis and Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis, Martha's grandchildren and George's adopted children, as well as an enslaved man, perhaps George's manservant or valet Billy Lee. Credit: National Gallery of Arthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/the-wedding-of-washington-and-martha-custis-1854-by-junius-brutus-stearns.jpgThe Wedding of Washington and Martha Custis (1854) by Junius Brutus StearnsPainting in the 1850s, artist Junius Brutus Stearns imagined how the wedding of George Washington and Martha Custis might have looked. Credit: Library of Congress2020-06-23T19:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/06/22/the-seven-easy-pieces-of-furniture-episode-3-blanket-chest-lid-video/2020-06-22T16:00:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/family-activities/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bookmark-photo.jpgBookmark Photohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/little-betty-1.jpgLittle Bettyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/little-betty.jpgLittle Bettyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fox-stirrup-cup.jpgFox stirrup cuphttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fox-drawing.jpgfox drawinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/parchmentpaper-1.jpgParchmentPaperhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/parchmentpaper.jpgParchmentPaperhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/washington-house-card-model.jpgWashington House Card Modelhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/betty.jpgBettyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/little-george.jpgLittle George2020-06-12T12:49:32+00:00weekly0.6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/06/08/eggsperimental-archaeology-preserving-eggs-before-the-age-of-refrigeration-part-2-video/2020-06-05T18:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/06/03/family-leaders-guiding-a-younger-generation-george-and-bettys-letters/2020-06-02T20:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/27/where-are-the-human-remains-fielding-and-betty-lewis/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/st.-georges-episcopal-church.jpgKODAK Digital Still CameraKODAK Digital Still Camerahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/betty-washington-lewiss-grave-2.jpgBetty Washington Lewis's Grave 22020-06-02T16:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/25/the-seasonality-of-egg-laying-video/2020-05-25T14:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/20/bad-medicines-mercury-and-self-medication-in-the-civil-war/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mercury-residue-analysis-2.pngMercury residue analysis 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mercury-residue-analysis-1.pngMercury residue analysis 1A magnified image BED of sample, which is clearly stratified with darker low atomic number elements such as carbon at the top. The brighter areas represent higher atomic number elements, in this case, mercury.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/medicine-bottle-containing-mercury-residue.jpgMedicine bottle containing mercury residueMedicine bottle excavated by archaeologists at George Washington's Ferry Farm and containing an mystery residue.2020-05-19T18:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/14/the-unlikely-curator-what-a-rodents-nest-reveals-about-historic-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kenmores-east-portico.jpgKenmore's East PorticoThe east portico of Historic Kenmore shows some neglect to the house and its surroundings. The Howard family, who lived in Kenmore for a long period following the Civil War and was perhaps living in the house when our rodent of interest built its nest, invested a lot of money in refurbishing the house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/newspaper-4.jpgNewspaper 4An advertisement on the opposite side of the newspaper discusses Christmas Savings funds from Farmers and Merchants State Bank.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/newspaper-3.jpgNewspaper 3A section entitled “Recent Inventions” includes a convertible handbag and seat, patented in 1915.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/newspaper-2.jpgNewspaper 2A scrap of a cartoon features an old man carrying what appears to be a baby.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/newspaper-1.jpgNewspaper 1A series of newspaper ads includes a date of September 6, 1877.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fabric.jpgFabricPatterned fabric from the nest2020-05-14T18:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/12/an-unlikely-curator-inside-a-historic-rodents-nest-video/2020-05-12T14:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/07/fielding-and-betty-lewis-married-270-years-ago-today/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/betty-and-fielding-wedding.jpgBetty and Fielding wedding2020-05-06T19:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/05/all-thats-fit-to-buy-shopping-in-the-18th-century/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ms-856-excerpt.jpgms 856 excerptAn excerpt of Betty Lewis’s account with Callender & Henderson, showing a range of purchases in 1796.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ms-109-excerpt.jpgms 109 excerptAn excerpt of James Winn’s account with Fielding Lewis, showing his purchase of “turkey stript”https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lewis-store-in-fredericksburg-virginia.jpgLewis Store in Fredericksburg, VirginiaHistoric Lewis Store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Credit: George Barnick / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/empty-bottled-water-shelves-at-a-store-in-ohio.jpgEmpty bottled water shelvesShelves at a store in Ohio emptied of bottled water on March 15, 2010 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Dan Keck / Wikipedia2020-05-06T13:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/05/01/little-georges-grand-tour-of-europe-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21.jpg21https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19.jpg19https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/18.jpg18https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15.jpg15https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14.jpg14https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13.jpg13https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12.jpg12https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11.jpg11https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10.jpg10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/08-wikipedia.jpg08 (Wikipedia)2020-05-01T21:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/04/22/george-washingtons-last-act-of-personal-duty/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mary-washington-monument.pngMary Washington MonumentMary Washington Monument in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Credit: Beth Hosier/The George Washington Foundationhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mary-washington-house.pngMary Washington HouseThe Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Credit: Beth Hosier/The George Washington Foundation2020-04-20T14:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/04/20/flowers-of-kenmore-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-15.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (15)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-14.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (14)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-13.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (13)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-12.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (12)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-11.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-10.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-9.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-8.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-7.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (7)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/flowers-of-kenmore-6.jpgFlowers of Kenmore (6)2020-04-20T14:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/04/15/i-spy-sewing/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sewing-i-spy-1.jpgSewing I SpySewing tools2020-04-15T14:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/04/10/siblings-strained-by-revolution-george-and-bettys-wartime-letters/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/surrender-of-lord-cornwallis-1820-by-john-trumball.jpgSurrender of Lord Cornwallis (1820) by John Trumbull"Surrender of Lord Cornwallis" (1820) by John Trumbull. Credit: Architect of the Capitolhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/george-washington-at-the-battle-of-princeton-1779-by-charles-willson-peale.jpgGeorge Washington at the Battle of Princeton (1779) by Charles Willson Peale"George Washington at the Battle of Princeton" (1779) by Charles Willson Peale. Credit: Yale University Art Gallery2020-04-10T15:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/03/22/snow-at-george-washingtons-ferry-farm-historic-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-9.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-8.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (8)Snow pile on a portico column.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-7.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (7)The east front of Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-6.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (6)Bricks under the snow.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-5.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (5)Kenmore's gardens.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-4.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (4)The reproduction kitchen building at Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-3.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-2.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-kenmore-1.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Kenmore (1)The west front of Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/snowstorm-for-blog-march-21-2018-ferry-farm-9.jpgSnowstorm for Blog - March 21, 2018 - Ferry Farm (9)2020-03-26T14:03:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/03/25/the-howards-of-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wkhowardjr.jpgWKHowardJrhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/howardboatpdq.jpgHowardBoatPDQThe Howard family were boating enthusiasts and owned a variety of boats over the years, included the "PDQ".https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wkhowardjryouth.jpgWKHowardJryouthA young William Key Howard, Jr.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ceiling-hook-detail.jpgCeiling-Hook-detailA hook and surrounding flowers in the center of Kenmore's Dining Room ceiling date from William Key Howard, Jr.'s restoration efforts and has been left, in part, as a memorial to his work to save the ceilings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ceiling-hook.jpgCeiling-HookThe central portion of the Dining Room ceiling at Kenmore. To the extreme left are two plaster leaf replacement pieces made by William Key Howard, Jr. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l19950012-3.jpgl19950012-3Goblet with ringshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l19950011-5.jpgl19950011-5Walnut ring boxhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l-2013.001-img3.jpgL-2013.001 img3Goblet carved from a coconut2020-03-25T19:16:35+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/03/17/washingtons-st-patricks-day-general-order/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/irish-george-washington.jpgIrish George Washingtonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/st.-patricks-day-general-order.gifSt. Patrick's Day General OrderCopy of Washington's St. Patrick's Day General Order. Credit: National Archiveshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/morristown-national-historical-park.jpgMorristown National Historical ParkThe Wick House at Morristown National Historical Park. Credit: National Park Service2020-03-13T18:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/03/06/a-lucky-diary-discovery/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tourism-ireland-logo-e1583523737838.jpgPrinthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kilbennans-st.-benins-church-window-depicting-st.-patrick-holding-a-shamrock.jpgKilbennan's St. Benin's Church window depicting St. Patrick holding a shamrockWindow depicting St. Patrick holding a shamrock in St. Benin's Church, Kilbennan, County Galway, Ireland. Credit: Andreas F. Borchert/Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ms-2759-6.jpgms 2759-62020-03-06T19:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/02/26/betty-washingtons-cookbooks/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/to-make-a-currey-the-india-way-from-hannah-glasse.jpg'To make a Currey the India Way' from Hannah GlasseRecipe for curry from Glasse's "The Art of Cookery". Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/eliza-smiths-the-compleat-housewife-frontispiece.jpgEliza Smith's 'The Compleat Housewife' frontispieceFrontispiece of Eliza Smith's "The Compleat Housewife: or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion". Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hannah-glasses-art-of-cookery-frontispiece.jpgHannah Glasse's 'Art of Cookery' frontispieceThe frontispiece of Hannah Glasse's "The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy." Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cookbooks-on-the-probate.jpgCookbooks on the ProbateThe "Compleat House Wife" and "Glasses Cookery" listed on the probate inventory made following Fielding Lewis's death in 1781.2020-02-26T17:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/02/12/little-george-goes-back-to-pittsburgh-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/wigles-e1581534412750.jpgWigle'sVisiting the Wigle Whiskey Distilleryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/alleghany.jpgAlleghenyThe Allegheny Riverhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fort-pitt.jpgFort DuquenseSite of Fort Duquense, later renamed Fort Pitthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/heinz-field.jpgHeinz FieldHeinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelershttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/three-rivers.jpgThree RiversDowntown Pittsburgh and the confluence of the Allegheny and, Monongahela Rivers, whose meeting forms the Ohio.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gw-guyasuta-e1581533376765.jpgGeorge Washington and GuyasutaStatue of Guyasuta and Washingtonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mount-washington-e1581533321820.jpgDuquense InclineThe Duquense Incline up Mount Washingtonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/pirmanti.jpgPirmantiPirmanti Brothers sandwich shophttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/braddock-2-e1581532887445.jpgBraddock 2Current site of General Braddock's grave.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/braddock-1-e1581532707797.jpgBraddock 1Original burial site of General Braddock.2020-02-12T21:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/01/31/bad-medicines-mrs-winslows-soothing-syrup/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mrs.-winslows-soothing-syrup-advertisement-2.jpgMrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertisement 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mrs.-winslows-soothing-syrup-advertisement-1.jpgMrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup advertisement 1Advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Credit: Museum of Health Care at Kingstonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mrs.-winslows-soothing-syrup-bottle.jpgComplete Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bottleComplete Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bottle. Credit: P0mbal / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fragement-of-mrs.-winslows-soothing-syrup-bottle.jpgFragment of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bottleFragment of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup bottle excavated at George Washington's Ferry farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/label-with-an-allergen-warning.jpgLabel with an allergen warning2020-01-31T19:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2020/01/08/i-look-not-on-things-beneath-me-our-snobbiest-artifact-a-wax-seal-stamp-that-needs-to-dial-back-that-sass/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/example-chateliane-2.jpgExample Chateliane 2An example chateliane showing its wax seal stamp.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/example-chateliane-1.jpgExample Chateliane 1An example chateliane without the chain.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/woman-wearing-a-chateliane.jpgWoman Wearing a ChatelianeA woman wearing a chateliane.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/drawing-of-seal.jpgDrawing of Wax Seal StampA drawing of the wax seal stamp with the text reversed so it is legible.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/seal-excavated-at-kenmore-2.jpgSeal Excavated at Kenmore 2Closeup view of the wax seal through a digital microscope.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/seal-excavated-at-kenmore-1.jpgKenmore Wax Seal Stamp 1Wax seal stamp excavated by archaeologists at Historic Kenmore.2020-01-07T21:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/12/22/making-ribband-jelly-blancmange/2019-12-20T17:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/12/19/33rd-annual-gingerbread-house-contest-exhibit-at-ferry-farm-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/winter-wonderland-by-maggie-jackson.jpgWinter Wonderland by Maggie Jackson"Winter Wonderland" by Maggie Jacksonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/to-raai-house-we-go-by-raai-racsb.jpgTo RAAI House we go! by RAAI-RACSB"To RAAI House we go!" by RAAI-RACSBhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sleigh-ride-by-ryan-jackson-henry-stusse.jpgSleigh Ride by Ryan Jackson & Henry Stusse"Sleigh Ride" by Ryan Jackson & Henry Stussehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santas-stable.jpgSanta's Stable"Santa's Stable" by Moriah Webster’s 7th & 8th grade students, Walker Grant Middle Schoolhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santae28099s-musical-workshop-by-chancellor-high-school-german-club.jpgSanta’s Musical Workshop by Chancellor High School German Club"Santa’s Musical Workshop" by Chancellor High School German Clubhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santa-clause-is-coming-to-town-by-the-fleming-family.jpgSanta Clause is Coming to Town by the Fleming Family"Santa Clause is Coming to Town" by the Fleming Familyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/poor-grandma-by-hunt-family.jpgPoor Grandma by Hunt Family"Poor Grandma" by Hunt Familyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/melekalikimaka-by-daniel-jackson-noah-stusse.jpgMelekalikimaka by Daniel Jackson & Noah Stusse"Melekalikimaka" by Daniel Jackson & Noah Stussehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/marshmallow-world-by-the-baldwin-family.jpgMarshmallow World by the Baldwin Family"Marshmallow World" by the Baldwin Familyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/let-it-snow-by-samantha-wainwright.jpgLet It Snow by Samantha Wainwright"Let It Snow" by Samantha Wainwright2019-12-18T18:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/12/15/little-george-visits-point-pleasant/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/happy-holidays-from-little-george.jpgHappy Holidays from Little Georgehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/gallipolis-ohio.jpgGallipolis, OhioLittle George at the annual "Gallipolis in Lights" holiday lights and fireworks display in Gallipolis City Park.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mothman-2.jpgMothman 2Mothman Statue on 4th Street in Point Pleasant.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fort-randolph-replica.jpgFort Randolph replicaReplica of Fort Randolph at Krodel Park, a city park in Point Pleasant.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cornstalk-lewis.jpgCornstalk & LewisStatues of Cornstalk (left) and Andrew Lewis (right) in Point Pleasant.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ohio-river.jpgOhio RiverOhio River at Point Pleasant.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/location-of-point-pleasant.jpgLocation of Point PleasantLocation of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Credit: Google Maps.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kanawha-ohio-confluence.jpgKanawha Ohio confluenceAerial view of the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers showing the location of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio. Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library2019-12-13T16:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/12/10/6th-annual-a-wee-christmas-at-kenmore-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/rebeckah-furrow.jpgRebeckah FurrowLoaned by Rebeckah Furrowhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/peggy-severson.jpgPeggy SeversonLoaned by Peggy Seversonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pat-thorburn.jpgPat ThorburnLoaned by Pat Thorburnhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/maureen-dan-turgeon.jpgMaureen & Dan TurgeonLoaned by Maureen & Dan Turgeonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mary-stevenson.jpgMary StevensonLoaned by Mary Stevensonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/linda-pool.jpgLinda PoolLoaned by Linda Poolhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/john-earl.jpgJohn EarlLoaned by John Earlhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jocelyn-bath.jpgJocelyn BathLoaned by Jocelyn Barthhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/james-opher.jpgJames OpherLoaned by James Opherhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/becky-watson.jpgBecky WatsonLoaned by Becky Watson2019-12-10T16:01:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/12/04/mickey-owen-was-found-in-the-plaster-a-look-at-the-curious-inclusions-found-in-the-kenmore-plaster/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/plaster-03.jpgPlaster 03A piece of Kenmore plaster containing newspaper that mentions Mickey Owen playing for the Dodgers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/plaster-02.jpgPlaster 02A piece of Kenmore plaster that contains both animal hair and newspaper.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/plaster-01.jpgPlaster 01A piece of Kenmore plaster that contains a large clump of animal hair.2019-12-04T19:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/11/27/the-wild-game-on-the-washingtons-table/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/longnose-gar-1747-by-mark-catesby.jpgLongnose Gar by Mark CatesbyLongnose Gar by Mark Catesby from his famed Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands published 1729-1747. Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/passenger-pigeon-1747-by-mark-catesby.jpgPassenger Pigeon by Mark CatesbyPassenger Pigeon by Mark Catesby from his famed Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands published 1729-1747. Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/assortment-of-faunel-remains.jpgAssortment of Faunal RemainsAn assortment of faunal remains excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/excavated-bone.jpgExcavated BoneArchaeologist excavating an animal bone at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/the-residence-of-david-twining-1785-by-edward-hicks.jpgThe Residence of David Twining, 1785 by Edward Hicks"The Residence of David Twining, 1785' by Edward Hicks. Even though Twining's farm was located near Newtown, Pennsylvannia, this painting includes great example images of livestock typically found on a colonial farm or plantation. Credit: The WikiArt Visual Art Encyclopedia2019-11-22T19:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/11/25/gingerbread-house-construction-workshop-a-wee-christmas-workshop-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wee05.jpgWee05https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wee04.jpgWee04https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wee03.jpgWee03https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wee02.jpgWee02https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wee01.jpgWee01https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/gb05.jpgGB05https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/gb04.jpgGB04https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/gb03.jpgGB03https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/gb02.jpgGB02https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/gb01.jpgGB012019-11-20T21:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/11/20/washington-house-blues/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/quilt-2.jpgQuilt 2Close-up view of "best bed" quilt.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/quilt-1.jpgQuilt 1Quilt on the "best bed" in the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/quilt-fabric-copperplate.jpgQuilt fabric copperplateCopperplatehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/quilt-fabric-resist-block.jpgQuilt fabric resist blockBlock printed.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/quilt-fabric-resist.jpgQuilt fabric resistResisthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/best-bed.jpgBest BedThe "Best Bed" in the Hall Back Room of the Washington house at Ferry Farm.2019-11-20T20:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/11/18/the-seven-easy-pieces-of-furniture-episode-2-blanket-chest-video/2019-11-18T15:33:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-mane-comb-solved/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/complete-mane-comb.jpgComplete mane combMane comb in an online auction listing. Credit: LiveAuctioneers.comhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/blog-readers-family-mane-comb.jpgBlog reader's family mane combBlog reader's family mane comb.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mane-comb-excavated-at-ff-1.jpgMane comb excavated at FfMane comb excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2019-11-13T16:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/10/31/where-are-the-human-remains-the-washington-family/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/diagram-showing-potential-grave-locations.jpgDiagram from remote sensor survey report show "grave-like" echoes.Diagram from remote sensor survey report show "grave-like" echoes.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/magnetic-gradient-survey-by-bill-hannah.jpgSONY DSCBill Hannah conducted a magnetic gradiometry survey of Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/emi-by-bill-hannah.jpgEMI by Bill HannahBill Hannah begins an electromagnetic induction survey at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gpr-by-dalebrown-and-petepatrone.jpgGPR by DaleBrown and PetePatroneDale Brown (L) and Pete Patrone (R) assisted with the GPR survey.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gpr-by-bill-hannah-and-john-imlay-1.jpgGround-penetrating radar survey of George Washington's Ferry Farm by Bill Hannah and John Imlay.Ground-penetrating radar survey of George Washington's Ferry Farm by Bill Hannah and John Imlay.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-old-mansion-of-the-washington-familye2809d-1833-by-john-gadsby-chapman.jpgThe Old Mansion of the Washington Family” (1833) by John Gadsby Chapman"The Old Mansion of the Washington Family” (1833) by John Gadsby Chapmanhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/georges-survey-map-of-ff-circled.jpgGeorge Washington's Map of "The Fields Where My Mother Lives" As Surveyed September 13, 1771 and Platted in 1932George Washington's Map of "The Fields Where My Mother Lives" As Surveyed September 13, 1771 and Platted in 1932https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/washington-family-burial-ground.jpgWashington Family Burial GroundWashington Family Burial Ground at Popes Creek, where George Washington was born. Credit: National Park Servicehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/george-washingtons-tomb.jpgGeorge Washington's TombGeorge Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon. Credit: Tim Evanson2019-10-31T17:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/10/21/five-cool-ancient-artifacts-found-at-ferry-farm-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0091.jpgJasper DrillJasper Drill: This is the tip of a jasper drill. It may have been adapted from a spear point, which was not uncommon. When a spear point broke or became too short from re-sharpening sometimes they were turned into other tools. This particular drill likely dates to around 8,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0087.jpgDSC_0087https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0083.jpgDSC_0083https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0065.jpgDSC_0065https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_0061Chunkey Stone: This artifact is part of a game called chunkey which was invented around 600 CE and is made from quartzite. To learn more about our chunkey stone, check out our blog.2019-10-24T14:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/10/17/when-games-are-serious-business-chunkey/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/chunkey-stone.jpgChunkey StoneChunkey stone excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tchung-kee-a-mandan-game-played-with-a-ring-and-pole-1832-3-by-george-catlin.jpg1985.66.431_1.tif"Tchung-kee, a Mandan Game Played with a Ring and Pole" (1832-3) by George Catlin depicts Native Americans playing chunkey. Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum2019-10-17T17:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/10/10/the-brick-building-where-george-didnt-sleep-a-history-of-ferry-farms-visitor-center/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ferry-farm-visitor-center-6.jpgFerry Farm Visitor Center (6)The office of a member of the museum education staff in Ferry Farm' s Visitor Center.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ferry-farm-visitor-center-5.jpgFerry Farm Visitor Center (5)Visitors may watch archaeologists analyze artifact findings through these windows that look into the Archaeology Lab in the Visitor Center.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ferry-farm-visitor-center-4.jpgFerry Farm Visitor Center (4)A museum gallery in the Visitor Center displays artifacts excavated by archaeologists at Ferry Farm and panels chronicling George Washington's boyhood and the construction of the Washington house replica.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ferry-farm-visitor-center-3.jpgFerry Farm Visitor Center (3)A visit to Ferry Farm begins at the welcome desk inside the Visitor Center.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ferry-farm-visitor-center-2.jpgFerry Farm Visitor Center (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ferry-farm-visitor-center-1.jpgFerry Farm Visitor Center (1)2019-10-10T15:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/10/07/experimental-archaeology-making-cordage-video/2019-10-07T17:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/10/04/little-george-goes-to-london-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-on-tube.jpgGW on Tubehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-with-gw-at-national-gallery.pngGW with GW at National Galleryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-at-westminster-abbey.jpgGW at Westminster Abbeyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cornwallis-pub.jpgCornwallis Pubhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-with-tarleton-painting.pngGW with Tarleton Paintinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-and-dentures.jpgGW and dentureshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-buckingham-palace.jpgGW Buckingham Palacehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-at-bf-house.jpgGW at BF househttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/anti-colonial-propaganda-british-museum.jpgAnti-colonial propaganda British Museumhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gw-at-british-museum.jpgGW at British Museum2019-10-04T18:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/09/24/in-utensils-revealed-the-washingtons-forks-spoons-and-knives-video/2019-09-24T16:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/09/26/we-really-dig-history-summer-2019s-excavation-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/12.jpg12Two parallel, linear 18th century features.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11.jpg11Projectile point found this summer.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9.jpg9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/8.jpg8Civil War uniform button and Minié ball found this summer.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6.jpg6Wig curler fragment found this summer.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5.jpg518th century ceramics and a wine bottle neck found this summer.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4a.jpg4ahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3.jpg3FF30 block during excavation.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4-1.jpg4Two feet of construction fill layer as seen in the sidewall of an excavated unit.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2a.jpg2aDave Muraca, director of archaeology at Ferry Farm & Kenmore, lends a hand in getting the excavation block started.2019-09-24T16:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/09/19/thievery-espionage-and-fancy-dishes-why-porcelain-was-a-big-deal-for-the-washington-family/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-7.jpgPorcelain (7)Two chocolate/coffee style cups. Hand painted and likely gilded.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-6.jpgPorcelain (6)Matching saucer for teacup for teacup immediately above.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-5.jpgPorcelain (5)Hand painted partial teacup with scalloped rim.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-4.jpgPorcelain (4)Rim and body sherds from a hand painted punch bowl in the Imari palette.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-3.jpgPorcelain (3)Rim sherds from a hand painted teacup.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-2.jpgPorcelain (2)Saucer fragment (rim and body) with hand painted landscape motif and gildinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/porcelain-1.jpgPorcelain (1)Tea canister with hand painted landscape motif.2019-09-23T14:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/09/09/the-furniture-makers-tom-snyder-and-astrid-smith/2019-09-18T19:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/09/11/george-washington-slept-here-twice-2/2019-09-11T19:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/08/30/drawers-knickers-or-pants-why-do-we-call-them-that/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/knickers.jpgKnickers or DrawersKncikers or Drawers, 1880s, Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Arthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/alice-manfield-guide-alice-mt-buffalo-c1900.jpgAlice Manfield, Guide Alice, Mt Buffalo c1900Portrait of Alice Manfield (Guide Alice) (1878-1960), mountain guide, naturalist, chalet owner, photographer, and early feminist figure based at Mt Buffalo, Victoria, Australia. Photographer: Unknown. Credit: State Library of Victoria.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the-italian-comedians-by-antoine-watteau.jpgThe Italian Comedians by Antoine Watteau"The Italian Comedians" (c1720) by Antoine Watteau shows several characters in costumes with pantaloons typical of commedia dell'arte theater popular in European from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Credit: National Gallery of Arthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/st-panteleimon.jpgSt PanteleimonIcon of saint Panteleimon (Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai) dating from the 13th century. Credit: Wikipedia2019-09-04T17:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/09/04/history-in-the-night-sky-2/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dsc_0095.jpgHistoric Kenmore at night.Historic Kenmore at night.2019-09-04T13:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/08/21/i-spy-toys-games-from-the-18th-to-the-20th-centuries/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/toys-board-27cropped-darker-shadows.jpgToys Board (27)cropped darker shadows????????????????????????????????????2019-08-22T15:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/08/08/how-george-ended-up-on-the-1-bill/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/houdons-washington-bust.jpgHoudon's Washington BustBust of George Washington created by Jean-Antoine Houdon and widely considered the most accurate likeness of Washington.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/athenaeum-portrait-vs-one-dollar-bill.jpgAthenaeum Portrait vs One-Dollar BillGilbert Stuart's "Athenaeum Portrait" (left) vs the portrait on the $1 bill.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/us-1sc-1886.jpgUS $1SC 1886The $1 silver certificate from 1886 featuring Martha Washington.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/us-1-1880.jpgUS $1 1880An $1 note from 1880 featuring George Washington.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/current-us-1-bill.jpgCurrent US $1 billThe current $1 bill featuring George Washington.2019-08-22T15:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/08/14/ferry-farms-oldest-artifact/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/jasper-flakes.jpgJasper FlakesJasper flakes similar to the material of the Clovis point -- a byproduct of stone tool manufacture -- that were excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ferry-farms-clovis-point-diagram.jpgFerry Farm's Clovis point diagramhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ferry-farms-clovis-point.jpgFerry Farm's Clovis pointBase or Proximal end of a Jasper Clovis point recovered archaeologically at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/clovis-rummells-maske.jpgClovis points from Iowa's Rummells-Maske SiteClovis points from the Rummells-Maske Site in Iowa. These are in the collection of the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist. Credit: Bill Whittaker / Wikipedia2019-08-14T18:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/07/31/summer-stinks-the-odoriferous-18th-century/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/perfume-bottle.jpgPerfume BottlePortion of an 18th century perfume bottle excavated by archaeologists at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toilet-of-flora-frontispice.jpgToilet of Flora frontispiceFrontispiece and title page of a 1779 edition of "The Toilet of Flora".https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/wash-basin-pitcher.jpgWash Basin PitcherPitcher that goes with bedchamber wash basin.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/wash-basin.jpgWash BasinClose up of the wash basin in Kenmore's bedchamber.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/wash-basin-in-bedchamber.jpgWash Basin in BedchamberWash basin in Historic Kenmore's bedchamber.2019-07-31T17:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/06/27/time-for-some-trash-talk-the-social-role-of-garbage-at-historic-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/land-use-around-kenmores-kitchen-1.jpgLand Use around Kenmore's KitchenAerial photo of Historic Kenmore with different land uses around the kitchen marked.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kitchen-garden-stratigraphy.jpgKitchen garden stratigraphyDiagram illustrating the soil layers excavated in the kitchen garden area at Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/view-of-slave-passage-from-bedchamber.jpgView of Slave Passage from BedchamberView from Betty Washington Lewis's desk into the slave passage. The closed door visible in the passage opened into the kitchen yard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/bone-handled-knife-found-in-kenmores-midden.jpgBone handled knife found in Kenmore's middenBone-handled knife found in Kenmore's midden.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pig-jaw-found-in-kenmores-midden.jpgPig jaw found in Kenmore's middenPig jaw found in Kenmore's midden.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/midden-at-kenmore.jpgMidden at KenmoreThe midden discovered at Kenmore contained a large amount of architectural debris.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/excavated-kitchen-yard-2.jpgExcavated kitchen yard 2The kitchen yard was relatively clean archaeologically.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/excavated-kitchen-yard-1.jpgExcavated kitchen yard 1Yard at Kenmore between the kitchen (shown) and the house (behind photographer) under excavation.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/slave-passage-from-bedchamber-to-dining-room.jpgSlave Passage from Bedchamber to Dining RoomPassage in Kenmore used by enslaved workers to travel between the kitchen, dining room, and master bedchamber.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kitchen-at-kenmore-in-the-mid-1800s.jpgKitchen at Kenmore in the mid-1800sThe earliest known photo of Kenmore's wooden kitchen taken sometime in the mid-1800s and showing two enslaved workers believed to be a woman named Brittania and a man named Cary.2019-06-27T17:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/07/03/why-did-yankee-doodle-call-a-feather-macaroni-2/2019-06-27T17:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/06/19/summer-vacation-18th-century-style/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/george-washingtons-bathtub.jpgGeorge Washington's Bathtub"George Washington's Bath Tub", a monument constructed to represent bathing conditions in Washington's time in present-day Berkeley Springs State Park. Credit: Warfieldian / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-comforts-of-bath.jpgThe Comforts of Bath"King Bladud's Bath" from The Comforts of Bath series (1798) by satirist Thomas Rowlandson. Credit: Wikigallery.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/enlargement-of-fry-jefferson-map-showing-medicinal-spring.jpgEnlargement of Fry-Jefferson Map showing Medicinal SpringEnlargement of Fry-Jefferson Map showing Medicinal Spring. Credit: Library of Congress.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/a-map-of-the-most-inhabited-part-of-virginia-containing-the-whole-province-of-maryland-with-part-of-pensilvania-new-jersey-and-north-carolina-1747.jpgA map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina, 1747A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina, 1747 (the Fry-Jefferson map) by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson. Credit: Library of Congress.2019-06-19T16:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/06/12/whats-growing-in-ferry-farms-garden/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/strawberry.jpgStrawberryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/potatoes.jpgPotatoeshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/peanuts.jpgPeanutshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/crookneck-squash.jpgCrookneck Squashhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/carrots.jpgCarrotshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cabbage.jpgCabbagehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tobacco.jpgTobaccohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ornamental-wheat.jpgOrnamental Wheathttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/corn-beans-pumpkin.jpgCorn, Beans, Pumpkinhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/garden.jpgGarden2019-06-12T16:03:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/06/03/digging-ferry-farm-laying-in-the-grid-video/2019-06-03T14:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/05/27/when-a-toy-hatchet-is-so-much-more-trench-art-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lamp-artillery-shell.jpgLamp - Artillery ShellLamp fashioned from a portion of a 105 millimeter brass artillery shell casing.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lead-hatchet-mold-side.jpgLead Hatchet - Mold SideTextured side of the lead hatchet. See photo at the start of post for at image of the smooth side.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/civil-war-trench.jpgCivil War TrenchExcavated area containing the footprint of the 18th century Washington house at Ferry Farm showing a 19th century Civil War trench running the length of the house and beyond.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lead-hatchet-flat-side.jpgLead Hatchet - Flat SideLead toy hatchet excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wwii-pewter-soldier-wounded.jpgWWII Pewter Soldier - WoundedPewter World War II Toy Soldier, depicted as wounded and using crutches.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wwi-pewter-toy-soldier.jpgWWI Pewter Toy SoldierPewter World War I Toy Soldier2019-05-24T19:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/05/24/lecture-the-social-role-of-garbage-in-colonial-virginia-video/2019-05-24T18:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/05/16/lecture-foodways-in-the-18th-century-video/2019-05-16T17:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/05/10/now-with-no-morphine-a-look-at-patent-medicine-bottles-donated-to-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mount-vernon-whiskey-back.jpgMount Vernon Whiskey - Backhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mount-vernon-whiskey-front.jpgMount Vernon Whiskey - Fronthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wine-of-cardui-back.jpgWine of Cardui - Backhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wine-of-cardui-front.jpgWine of Cardui - Fronthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sharp-and-dohme-white-pine-compound-syrup.jpgSharp and Dohme White Pine Compound Syruphttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/patent-medicine-bottles.jpgPatent Medicine Bottles2019-05-10T18:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/05/09/lecture-drinking-with-the-washingtons-archaeological-evidence-of-colonial-imbibing-at-ferry-farm-video/2019-05-09T12:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/05/03/making-18th-century-glass-ceramic-reproductions-an-update/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tumblr-lady-front.jpgTumblr - Lady FrontAfter: Milk glass tumbler with lady under tree reproductionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/vase-lady.jpgVase - LadyOriginal: Milk glass vase with woman under treehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tin-glaze-bowl-after.jpgTin Glaze Bowl - AfterAfter: tin glaze serving bowl reproductionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tin-glaze-bowl-before.jpgTin glaze bowl - BeforeBefore: tin glaze serving bowl reproductionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tin-glaze-bowl-original.jpgTin glaze bowl - OriginalOriginal: tin glaze serving bowlhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/imari-teapot-original.jpgImari teapot - OriginalOriginal: Imari silkie chicken teapothttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/imari-teapot-before.jpgImari teapot - BeforeBefore: Imari silkie chicken teapot reproductionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/imari-teapot-after.jpgImari teapot - AfterAfter: Imari silkie chicken teapot reproductionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/decanter-after.jpgDecanter - AfterAfter: Glass decanter reproductionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/decanter-before.jpgDecanter - BeforeBefore: Glass decanter reproduction2019-05-07T15:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/04/24/libertea/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/betty-lewis-receipt-for-tea-copy.jpgBetty Lewis receipt for tea copyReceipt showing Betty Washington Lewis' purchase of some "young hyson tea," a type of Chinese green tea, on February 8, 1797.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ceanothus-americanus.jpgNew Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus). Credit: John Oyston / Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/us-and-uk-flags.pngUS and UK flagsThe American Stars and Stripes and British Union Jack, the present-day flags of the United States and the United Kingdom. Credit: Hellerick / Wikipedia2019-04-22T14:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/04/17/glass-guns-a-late-19th-early-20th-century-phenomenon/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/glass-gun-barrel-sherd.jpgGlass Gun Barrel Sherd2019-04-15T18:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/04/09/rooms-at-rest/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kenmores-dining-room-at-rest.jpgKenmore's Dining Room at RestKenmore's Dining Room at rest.2019-04-09T18:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/04/04/the-legend-of-mary-washington-and-the-deadly-lightning-strike/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/washington-monument-struck-by-lightning-copy.jpgLightning striking the Washington Monument, July 1, 2005.Lightning striking the Washington Monument on July 1, 2005. Credit: Kevin Ambrose2019-04-04T17:30:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/04/01/george-washingtons-ferry-farm-an-aerial-view-video/2019-04-01T14:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/03/20/georges-first-job/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/surveying-chain.jpgSurveying ChainSurveyor's chain, c1830. Credit: National Museum of American History / Daderot / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/surveyors-compass.jpgSurveyor's CompassSurveyor's compass by David Rittenhouse, believed to be given to George Washington in 1782. Credit: National Museum of American History / Daderot / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/young-george-washington-surveyor-1.jpgYoung George Washington, SurveyorAn ink sketch from 1956 imaging a young George Washington surveying. Credit: National Park Service / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ferry-farm-aerial-view.jpgFerry Farm Aerial ViewAerial view of the Washington house, work yard, hen yard, and archaeological digs at George Washington's Ferry Farm. Credit: Joe Brooks, EagleOne Photography2019-03-21T13:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/02/14/ya-basic-washington-and-the-bread-and-butter-ball/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02417v.jpg02417vAn imagining of the “Wedding of George Washington and Martha Custis.” Credit: Lithograph by Lemercier from a painting by Julius Brutus Steans, c. 1853, in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-victory-ball-1781-by-jean-leon-gerome-ferris.jpgThe Victory Ball, 1781 by Jean Leon Gerome FerrisA fanciful early 20th century painting titled "The Victory Ball, 1781" and painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. While Washington was a life-long and avid dancer, it is unlikely he attended any such "victory ball" or "peace ball" traditionally said to have taken place in Fredericksburg after the British defeat at Yorktown.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/linens-on-the-augustine-washington-1743-probate-inventory.jpgLinens on the Augustine Washington 1743 Probate InventorySection listing the family's linens on the probate inventory done in 1743 following the death of Augustine Washington, George's father.2019-03-20T19:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/10/21/ledger-book-zero/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ledger-2.jpgLedger 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ledger-1.jpgLedger 12019-03-18T20:21:20+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/31/put-that-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it-tobacco-politics-in-the-1700s/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/suncatcher.jpgSuncatcherhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pipe-bowl-fragment.jpgPipe Bowl Fragmenthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/british-royal-coat-of-arms.pngBritish Royal Coat of Arms2019-03-07T19:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/03/06/ferry-farms-bird-life-a-surveying-update/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fredericksburg-birding-club.jpgFredericksburg Birding Clubhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pied-billed-grebe.jpgPied-billed GrebePied-billed Grebe. Credit: Mdf / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/red-headed-woodpecker.jpgRed-headed WoodpeckerRed-headed Woodpecker. Credit: William J. Majoros / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bird-species-list.jpgBird Species List2019-03-04T19:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/02/27/all-about-marys-new-old-desk/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/marys-desk-3.jpgMary's Desk 3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/marys-desk-2.jpgMary's Desk 2Desk showing the central compartment for storing inkwells open.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/burl-on-a-oak-tree.jpgBurl on a oak treeLarge burl on an oak tree. Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/parlor-on-the-augustine-washington-1743-probate-inventory.jpgParlor on the Augustine Washington 1743 Probate Inventory"Parlour" section on Augustine Washington's probate inventory taken in 1743 following his death.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/marys-desk-1.jpgMary's Desk 1New "Old" desk in the Washington house replica at Ferry Farm.2019-02-27T18:00:59+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/02/21/i-cannot-tell-a-lie-but-i-can-tell-a-fable-aesops-fables-and-the-cherry-tree-tale/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/parson-weems-fable-1939-by-grant-wood.jpgParson Weems' Fable"Parson Weems' Fable" (1939) by Grant Wood Credit: Amon Carter Museum of American Art / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/aesops-fox-and-crow-in-dining-room.jpgAesop's Fox and Crow in Dining RoomPlaster inlay depicting the Aesop's Fable "The Fox and The Crow" above the fireplace in Kenmore's Dining Room.2019-02-21T19:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/02/19/george-washingtons-birthday-at-ferry-farm-2019-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-19.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (19)A young visitor presents a birthday card she made to Geroge Washington.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-18.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (18)Archaeologist Laura Galke updates visitors on the latest archaeological findings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-17.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (17)Churning butter.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-16.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (16)Maggie Fanning demonstrates making beaten biscuits.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-15.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (15)Reenactor Paul Limerick discusses Continental Army rations with visitors.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-14.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (14)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-13.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (13)Virginia Militia reenactors.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-12.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (12)Making quill feathers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-11.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (11)#FerryFarmCelebrateshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/washingtons-birthday-celebration-2019-10.jpgWashington's Birthday Celebration 2019 (10)In a theater scene, an archaeologist (Wilson Johnson) interviews Mary Washington (Cyndi Palmer).2019-02-19T16:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/01/31/the-hazards-of-winter-in-washingtons-day/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bostonfire.jpgbostonfireVirginia Gazette, March 25, 1773https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/frozenbeer.jpgfrozenbeerVirginia Gazette, March 25, 1773https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gazetteoftheunited-states.28new-york5bn.y.5d292c24march1790.pnggazetteoftheunited-states.28new-york5bn.y.5d292c24march1790Gazette of the United-States, New York, NY, March 24, 1790https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gazetteoftheusandphiladelphiadailyadvertiser2cdecember242c1796.pnggazetteoftheusandphiladelphiadailyadvertiser2cdecember242c1796Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser, December 24, 1796https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0042-1.jpgdsc_0042Washington house replica at George Washington's Ferry Farm after a December snow in 2018.2019-01-31T19:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/01/25/the-presidents-cough/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/washingtons-inauguration-at-philadelphia.jpgWashington's inauguration at philadelphia"Washington's Inauguration at Philadelphia" by J.L.G. Ferris. From a postcard published by The Foundation Press, Inc. in 1932, which itself was a reproduction of oil painting from series: "The Pageant of a Nation," the scene shows George Washington arriving to be inaugurated at Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, 1793. Credit: Library of Congress2019-01-25T15:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/01/18/twelfth-night-at-historic-kenmore-2019-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-14.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (14)Pompy asks Henry Mitchel why he is a Loyalist.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-13.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (13)Sam Fulton as Henry Mitchell, Fredericksburg merchant, alone in the Drawing Room.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-12.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (12)Marcus Salley as Pompey, the blacksmith, tends a fire.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-11.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (11)Singing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-10.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (10)Michael S. Taylor as John Lewis.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-9.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-8.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (8)Barbara Cochran as Betty Washington Lewis.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-7.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (7)Ashlee James as Rachel, the washerwoman (L), and Gladys Perkins as Hetty, the cook (R), talk about the wisdom of running away to freedom promised by the British.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-6.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/twelfth-night-2019-for-blog-5.jpgtwelfth night 2019 for blog (5)Anne Lloyd as Mary Washington (L) and Corinn Keene as Nancy Alexander Lewis (R) discuss how the war endangers their loved ones.2019-01-18T20:48:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/24/the-decked-halls-of-george-washingtons-ferry-farm-historic-kenmore-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-16.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (16)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-15.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (15)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-14.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (14)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-13.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (13)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-12.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (12)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-11.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-10.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-9.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-8.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-christmas-decorations-2018-7.jpgKenmore Christmas Decorations 2018 (7)2018-12-20T16:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/19/making-syllabub/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Finished-Syllabub.jpgFinished SyllabubThe syllabub we made topped with lemon zest and nutmeg.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Sense-of-Taste-1744-by-Philippe-Mercier.jpgThe Sense of Taste (1744) by Philippe Mercier"The Sense of Taste" (mid-to-late 1740s) by Philippe Mercier includes some "Whipt syllabubs" on the table. Credit: Yale Center for British Art2018-12-19T17:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/13/all-about-sugar-cones/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sugar-nippers.jpgSugar nippersSugar nippers were used to cut the loaves.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sugar-loaves.jpgSugar loavesA closer view of the sugar loaves.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sugar-box-2.jpgSugar box 2Sugar box with the lid raised.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sugar-box-3.jpgSugar box 3Sugar loves and nippers inside the sugar box.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sugar-box-1.jpgSugar box 1The sugar box was made by Fredericksburg craftsman Steve Dietrich, who used a cellarette in the Kenmore collection as inspiration. It is made of black walnut from King George County, and has hardware similar to fragmentary pieces found in archaeological excavations at Ferry Farm.2018-12-17T22:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/17/making-18th-century-glass-ceramic-replicas-video/2018-12-17T16:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/11/5th-annual-a-wee-christmas-at-kenmore-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/wild-blue-stables-barn-by-haley-anne-deboeser.jpgWild Blue Stables Barn by Haley Anne DeBoeser"Wild Blue Stables Barn" by Haley Anne DeBoeserhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/uoonique-christmas-shop-by-becky-watson.jpgUoonique Christmas Shop by Becky Watson"Uoonique Christmas Shop" by Becky Watsonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-toy-chest-of-whimsy-street-by-joanna-borgman.jpgThe Toy Chest of Whimsy Street by Joanna Borgman"The Toy Chest of Whimsy Street" by Joanna Borgmanhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-house-of-many-corners-by-james-opher.jpgThe House of Many Corners by James Opher"The House of Many Corners" by James Opherhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-double-dragon-by-jocelyn-barth.jpgThe Double Dragon by Jocelyn Barth"The Double Dragon" by Jocelyn Barthhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/santas-gingerbread-house-mail.jpgSanta's Gingerbread House Mail"Santa's Gingerbread House" mailhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/santas-gingerbread-house-by-vicky-bickel.jpgSanta's Gingerbread House by Vicky Bickel"Santa's Gingerbread House" by Vicky Bickelhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/matryoshka-dolls-by-anna-jennings.jpgMatryoshka Dolls by Anna Jennings"Matryoshka Dolls" by Anna Jenningshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/japanese-fish-seller-by-julie-silvester.jpgJapanese Fish Seller by Julie Silvester"Japanese Fish Seller" by Julie Silvesterhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/janes-bakery-by-mary-stevenson.jpgJane's Bakery by Mary Stevenson"Jane's Bakery" by Mary Stevenson2018-12-11T20:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2019/01/02/coming-soon-twelfth-night-at-kenmore-photos/2018-12-06T20:18:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/06/sage-rosemary-and-thyme-a-different-kind-of-holiday-decorating/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sprigged-window-in-the-washington-house-3.jpgSprigged window in the Washington house 3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sprigged-window-in-the-washington-house-22.jpgSprigged window in the Washington house 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sprigged-window-in-the-washington-house-1.jpgSprigged window in the Washington house 1Sprigged windows in the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/herbs-on-the-hall-back-room-floor.jpgHerbs on the Hall Back Room floorHerbs strewn on the floor of the Hall Back Room in the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tavern-decorated-for-christmas.jpgTavern Decorated for ChristmasAlthough a depiction of a tavern from later in the 18th century, this engraving shows the practice of sprigging the windows at Christmas time still continues. A ball of mistletoe also hangs from the ceiling. Settling the Affairs of the Nation. Engraving; Bowles & Carver, publishers; London, 1775.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/washington-house-december-2018.jpgWashington House - December 2018The Washington house replica at Ferry Farm as snow flurries fall on a December day at the end of 2018.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-punch-bowl.jpgKenmore Punch BowlPunch bowl and tumblers in the drawing room at Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kenmore-desert-table.jpgKenmore Dessert TableDessert table from overhead in the passage at Historic Kenmore.2018-12-05T17:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/12/04/32nd-annual-gingerbread-house-contest-exhibit-at-ferry-farm-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/16-6-christmas-in-whoville-1.jpg16-6 Christmas in Whoville 1"A Christmas in WhoVille" by The Jackson 5https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/15-6-charlie-brown-christmas-1.jpg15-6 Charlie Brown Christmas 1"Charlie Brown's Christmas"https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/14-5-calvin-hobbes-winter-wonderland-1.jpg14-5 Calvin & Hobbes Winter Wonderland 1"Calvin & Hobbes Winter Wonderland" by Jessica Kamuarhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/13-7-whoville-1.jpg13-7 Whoville 1"Whoville" by Ms. Bekah's ECSE 3 Classhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/12-6-calvin-hobbes-3.jpg12-6 Calvin & Hobbes 3"Calvin & Hobbes" by The Szlyk Familyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/12-6-calvin-hobbes-1.jpg12-6 Calvin & Hobbes 1"Calvin & Hobbes" by The Szlyk Familyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/11-1-transformer-making-a-snow-angel-1.jpg11-1 Transformer Making a Snow Angel 1"Transformer Making a Snow Angel" by Misha Sanbornhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/10-5-sooby-doo-miner-49er-chase.jpg10-5 Sooby Doo Miner 49er Chase"Scooby Doo Miner 49er Chase" by Susan Dodsonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/9-3-grinchs-house.jpg9-3 Grinch's House"Grinch's House" by CJ Crockerhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/8-1-frosty-the-snowman-1.jpg8-1 Frosty the Snowman 1"Frosty the Snowman" by Samantha Wainwright2018-12-04T16:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/11/28/chock-full-o-minie-balls-a-civil-war-mystery/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/x-ray-image-of-can-containing-minie-balls1.jpgFFcan_xray02_20180608_cnX-ray images of can containing Minié balls. Credit:https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/minie-balls.jpgMinie BallsMinie Balls - rifled musket bullets. From left to right: .557 Enfield Minie Bullet, Burton Pattern Minie Bullets .58 Springfield (x 2), Williams Bullet missing zinc base, .69 Caliber Minie Bullet for modified 1843 Springfield Musket. Credit: Mike Cumpston / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flattened-can-containing-minie-balls-2.jpgFlattened Can Containing Minie Balls 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/flattened-can-containing-minie-balls-1.jpgFlattened Can Containing Minie Balls 1Flattened can containing minie balls excavated by archaeologists at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2018-11-29T18:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/11/22/31096/2018-11-28T15:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/11/14/a-history-of-trees-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2017.jpg2017Aerial view of a portion of Ferry Farm and points north taken in 2017. Credit: Joe Brooks / Eagle One Photographyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1930.jpg1930Aerial view of Ferry Farm taken in 1930.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1880s.jpg1880sView of the Ferry Farm property in the 1880shttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1870s.jpg1870sView of Ferry Farm property in the 1870s.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/soil-stain.jpgSoil StainSoil stain marking the site of an 18th and 19th century tree on the landscape at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/uprooted-tree.jpgUprooted TreeA tree uprooted by a storm. Credit: ykaiavu / Pixabayhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1830s.jpg1830s"The Old Mansion of the Washington Family" (1833) by John Gadsby Chapman shows the foundation stones of the house where George grew up at Ferry Farm and trees along the riverbank.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/5-cords-of-firewood-1.jpg5 cords of Firewood 1Five cords of firewood. A colonial home used 8 or 9 times this amount in a year for heating and cooking. Credit: Chris Stevensonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/5-cords-of-firewood-2.jpg5 cords of Firewood 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cherry-tree.jpgCherry Tree2018-11-14T21:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/11/07/from-servants-to-sovereigns-lousy-hair-days-part-i/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/head-louse.pngHead LouseHead louse as depicted in A description of above three hundred animals, viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects. With a particular account of the manner of catching whales in Greenland. Extracted from the best authors, and adapted to the Use of all Capacities. Illustrated with copperplates. Whereon is curiously engraven every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent, and Insect, described in the whole Book (1787( by Thomas Boremanhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ff-combs1.jpgFF-CombsThese bone grooming comb fragments are from Ferry Farm. Their delicate teeth are missing because they have broken off and decayed over time.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/is-this-your-louse.jpgIs this Your Louse“Is this Your Louse?” King George III queries a member of the kitchen staff after discovering a louse on his dinner plate. Thomas Rowlandson, 1787. Lewis Walpole Library.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/scratcherwithinset.jpgScratcherWithInsetThis head scratcher, or ‘grattoir,’ allowed its owner to scratch their scalp without disturbing their stiff, pomade-and-powder-encrusted hairstyle. It features a wooden handle and an ivory hand (inset), a popular motif in these essential tools.2018-11-08T16:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/10/31/george-washingtons-taphophobia-the-fear-of-being-buried-alive/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/washingtons-old-tomb-at-mount-vernon.jpgWashington's 'Old' Tomb at Mount VernonThe Old Tomb where George Washington was originally buried in 1799 before ultimately being moved to the New Tomb, which Washington had ordered built in his will, in 1831. Credit: Sarah Stierch / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bushrod-washington.jpgBushrod WashingtonBushrod Washington was George Washington's nephew, the son of John Augustine Washington, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Depicted in an engraving made in 1830 by James Barton Longacre from a portrait by Chester Harding. Credit: New York Public Library.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/george-washington-on-his-deathbed-by-john-meister.jpgGeorge Washington on His Deathbed by John MeisterIn his 19th century painting, John Meister imagines "George Washington on His Deathbed". Credit: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/margorie-mccall-gravestone.jpgMargorie Mccall GravestoneThe gravestone of Margorie McCall in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Credit: Charlie Hintz/cultofwierd.comhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/grave-window.jpgGrave WindowA window into the grave of Dr. Timothy Clark Smith in the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Vermont. Credit: Vermonter.comhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/us371626-0.pngUS371626-0Patent drawing for a safety coffin. Credit: U.S. Patent Officehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wildwood-cemetery-vault.jpgWildwood Cemetery VaultWildwood Cemetery's special vault in Williamsport, Pennsylvannia as featured in the July 1921 edition of Popular Mechanics.2018-10-31T19:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/10/26/some-like-it-hot-but-probably-not-this-hot-the-archaeology-of-a-big-fire/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dsc_0006.jpgDSC_0006https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/blob-of-lead-alloy.jpgBlob of Lead AlloyBlobs of lead alloy recovered from the kitchen sitehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/melted-cooper-alloy.jpgMelted Cooper AlloyMelted cooper alloy excavated from the Ferry Farm kitchenhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/devitrified-glass.jpgDevitrified GlassDevitrified glass from the burnt Washington kitchenhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/extremely-burned-tin-glaze.jpgExtremely Burned Tin GlazeExtremely burned tin glaze ceramic recovered from the kitchen site at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/map-of-kitchen-site.jpgMap of Kitchen Site2018-10-25T15:44:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/10/24/the-lying-valet-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-9.jpgThe Lying Valet (9)The cast of the Lying Valet: (l-r) Brianne Cook, Gabrielle Fox, Wilson Pezzuto (director), Christian Humphrey, and Roody Labazehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-8.jpgThe Lying Valet (8)Gabrielle Fox as Mistress Melissa disguising herself as a Frenchmanhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-7.jpgThe Lying Valet (7)(l-r) Christian Humphrey as The Lying Valet Timothy Sharp and Roody Labaze as Sir Gaylesshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-6.jpgThe Lying Valet (6)Brianne Cook as Miss Kitty Pryehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-5.jpgThe Lying Valet (5)Christian Humphrey as Timothy Sharp, The Lying Valethttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-4.jpgThe Lying Valet (4)Gabrielle Fox as Mistress Melissahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-3.jpgThe Lying Valet (3)Roody Labaze as Sir Gaylesshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-2.jpgThe Lying Valet (2)Brianne Cook as Miss Kitty Pryehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-1.jpgThe Lying Valet (1)(l-r) Roody Labaze as Sir Gayless, Christian Humphrey as The Lying Valet Timothy Sharp, and Brianne Cook as Miss Kitty Prye2018-10-25T15:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/10/17/coming-soon-the-lying-valet-at-historic-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/the-lying-valet-poster1.jpgThe Lying Valet poster2018-10-17T18:33:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/10/04/our-best-guess-about-marys-best-bed/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dsc_0005.jpgBest Bed with White CounterpaneThe best bed with its summertime white counterpane.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ff-bedbolt.jpgFF-BedboltBed bolt excavated by archaeologists at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dsc_0027.jpgBest BedThe "best bed" in the Hall Back Room of the replica Washington house at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/best-bed-on-probate-inventory.jpgBest Bed on Probate Inventory"1 Bed & Furniture" valued at £8 listed on the probate inventory of Augustine Washington's personal property done after his death in 1743.2018-10-04T18:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/09/24/the-furniture-makers-harrison-higgins-video/2018-09-24T15:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/09/20/introducing-caty-more-than-merry-laughand-lively-wit/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/carin-bloom-as-caty-greene-4.jpgCarin Bloom as Caty Greene (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/carin-bloom-as-caty-greene-3.jpgCarin Bloom as Caty Greene (3)The blog post's author Carin Bloom portraying Caty Green reading from Joe Miller's Jests, or the Wit's Vade-Mecum (1739) in the Washington house at Ferry Farm. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/carin-bloom-as-caty-greene-2.jpgCarin Bloom as Caty Greene (2)Caty Greene (Carin Bloom) pens a letter to husband Nathanael on the escritoire desk in the Hall of the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/catharine-littlefield-greene.jpgCatharine Littlefield GreeneCatharine Greene (1809) attributed to James Frothinghamhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/incomplete-portrait-of-martha-washington-1796-by-gilbert-stuart.jpgIncomplete Portrait of Martha Washington (1796) by Gilbert StuartAn unfinished portrait of Martha Washington begun in 1796 by Gilbert Stuart.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/nathaneal-greene.jpgNathanael GreeneNathanael Greene (1783) by Charles Willson Peale2018-09-20T19:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/09/17/archaeologists-dig-history-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-10.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (10)A festive Aileen, Cheyenne, and Reagan celebrating the 4th of July at Ferry Farm!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-9.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-8.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (8)Sifting excavated soil.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-7.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (7)Field school students excavate the North Yard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-6.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (6)Elyse and Alieen spray water on the excavation area. This helps them see archaeological features better.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-5.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (5)Shade is valuable.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-4.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-3.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (3)Steve about to take an overhead picture.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-2.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (2)Working in the Work Yard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018-dig-for-blog-1.jpg2018 Dig for Blog (1)The dig team! (l-r) Reagan Andersen, Cheyenne Johnson, Aileen Kelly, Steve Lenik, Elyse Adams2018-09-17T18:36:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/08/22/we-really-dig-history-this-summers-excavations-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/archaeology-team.jpgArchaeology TeamThe dig team! (l-r) Reagan Andersen, Cheyenne Johnson, Aileen Kelly, Steve Lenik, Elyse Adamshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/work-yard-features.jpgWork Yard FeaturesFinal photo of the Work Yard pits at the end of the 2018 excavations.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/work-yard-excavating.jpgWork Yard ExcavatingField crew exposing the large soil stain of possible cellar at the start of the 2018 excavations.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/historic-areaw.jpgHistoric AreaWhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/north-yard-excavating.jpgNorth Yard ExcavatingField school students excavating the North Yard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/historic-arean.jpgHistoric AreaN2018-08-22T17:22:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/08/09/the-tale-of-the-black-dogg/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a-new-accurate-map-of-the-west-indies-and-the-adjacent-parts-of-north-south-america-1755-by-william-richard-seale.jpgA new & accurate map of the West Indies and the adjacent parts of North & South America (1755) by William Richard Seale"A new & accurate map of the West Indies and the adjacent parts of North & South America" (1755) by William Richard Seale. Credit: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Libraryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ferryfarm10-273-50-1552-black-dogg.jpgFerryFarm10-273-50-1552-Black Dogghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ferryfarm10-273-50-1552.jpgFerryFarm10-273-50-1552https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ferryfarmff10-273-50-1552-small.jpgFerryFarmFF10-273-50-1552.small2018-08-10T18:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/07/23/archaeology-camp-at-ferry-farm-2018-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-15.jpgArch-Camp-15https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-14.jpgArch-Camp-14https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-12.jpgArch-Camp-12https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-11.jpgArch-Camp-11https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-9.jpgArch-Camp-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-4.jpgArch-Camp-4https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-3.jpgArch-Camp-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-13.jpgArch-Camp-13https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-10.jpgArch-Camp-10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arch-camp-8.jpgArch-Camp-82018-07-23T21:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/07/11/the-mystery-of-the-mane-comb/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/original.jpgoriginalA more ornate antique mane comb with decorative handle. Credit: Roger Jones & Co. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drawing-of-comb-inked11.jpgDRAWING OF COMB inked1A drawing of the man comb excavated at Ferry Farm more clearly showing the decorative inset "G".https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ct-5774-5_w-1520.jpgCT-5774-5_W-1520A simple modern mane comb.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_0009.jpgMane combMane comb excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2018-07-16T20:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/07/13/photos-the-fourth-of-july-at-ferry-farm-2018/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-15.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (15)"You're a Grand Old Flag!"https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-14.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (14)Parading to the flag retirement ceremony.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-13.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (13)Archaeologist discusses artifacts recovered from an 18th century kitchen that burned down at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-12.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (12)Theater performance showing 18th century courting customs.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-11.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (11)Patriotic face painting.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-10.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (10)Building a sand George Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-9.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (9)Navigating the horse maze.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-8.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (8)Living historians ready to demonstrate butter churning and other foodways.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-7.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (7)Drumming with the Patawomeck.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/july-4-2018-for-blog-6.jpgJuly 4 2018 for blog (6)Militia drill.2018-07-12T20:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/07/04/why-did-yankee-doodle-call-a-feather-macaroni/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/yankee-doodle-from-uncle-sams-panorama-of-rip-van-winkle-and-yankee-doodle-1875-by-thomas-nast.jpgYankee Doodle from Uncle Sam's panorama of Rip van Winkle and Yankee Doodle (1875) by Thomas NastOne of six scenes from the story of Yankee Doodle showing an Uncle Sam figure tipping his feathered top hat to the departing British represented by Britannia and the crowned lion and unicorn on King George III's coat of arms. This scene and five others were pasted together to form a long panoramic strip on a late 19th century children's toy made by McLoughlin Bros. and illustrated by Thomas Nast. Credit: Beinecke Library, Yale University.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/what-is-this-my-son-tom-1774-published-by-r-sayer-j-bennett.jpgWhat is This My Son Tom (1774) published by R. Sayer & J. BennettIn this print titled "What is This My Son Tom" and published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett in 1774, an "honest farmer" is seen with adult son, who has large, elaborate hairstyle and stylish clothes following the macaroni trend. Credit: Library of Congresshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/vintage-july-4th-postcard.jpgVintage July 4th PostcardA vintage Independence Day postcard with the beginning lyrics of Yankee Doodle.2018-06-26T17:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/06/26/last-years-fabulous-fourth-at-ferry-farm-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-12.jpgJuly 4 2017 (12)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-11.jpgJuly 4 2017 (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-10.jpgJuly 4 2017 (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-9.jpgJuly 4 2017 (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-8.jpgJuly 4 2017 (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-7.jpgJuly 4 2017 (7)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-6.jpgJuly 4 2017 (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-5.jpgJuly 4 2017 (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-4.jpgJuly 4 2017 (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/july-4-2017-3.jpgJuly 4 2017 (3)2018-06-26T16:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/06/20/happily-ever-after-at-happy-retreat/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/happyretreat_charlestownwv.jpgHappyRetreat_CharlesTownWV"Happy Retreat," the home of Charles Washington, as seen in present-day Charles Town, West Virginia. Public domain.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/west-virginia-state-coat-of-arms-illustrated-in-1876-by-henry-mitchell.jpgWest Virginia state coat of arms illustrated in 1876 by Henry MitchellWest Virginia state coat of arms illustrated in 1876 by Henry Mitchell. Public domain.2018-06-20T19:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/06/14/primary-sources-interpreting-the-past-in-the-present/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lawrence-washington-to-augustine-washington-may-30-1741.jpegLawrence Washington to Augustine Washington - May 30, 1741The letter dated May 30, 1741 written by Lawrence Washington to his father Augustine Washington while fighting in the War of Jenkin's Ear.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/reproduction-washington-family-documents.jpgReproduction Washington family documentsReproduction Washington family documents in the house at George Washington's Ferry Farm. Credit: Brice Hart2018-06-14T16:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/06/06/the-thriving-theatre-of-colonial-america/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/as-you-like-it-image.jpgAs You Like It image2018-06-06T18:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/05/nancy-hallam-americas-first-celebrity-actress/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/johnlewis.jpgJohnLewisJohn Lewis by Charles Willson Peale. Part of the George Washington Foundation Collection. Currently on display in Kenmore.2018-06-06T17:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/24/artifact-object-repro-part-2-white-salt-glaze-and-westerwald-stonewares/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mark.jpgMarkhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/c2-westerwald-repro.jpgC2 - Westerwald Reprohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/c2-westerwald-mug.jpgC2 - Westerwald Mughttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/c1-westerwald-artifact.jpgC1 - Westerwald Artifacthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b3-royal-rim-repro.jpgB3 - Royal Rim Reprohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/a3-dot-diaper-basket-repro.jpgA3 - Dot Diaper Basket Reprohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b2-royal-rim-18th-century.jpgB2 - Royal Rim 18th Centuryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/a2-dot-diaper-basket-18th-century1.jpgA2 - Dot Diaper Basket 18th Centuryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/a2-dot-diaper-basket-18th-century.jpgA2 - Dot Diaper Basket 18th Centuryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b1-royal-rim-artifact.jpgB1 - Royal Rim artifact2018-05-30T19:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/30/artifact-object-repro-part-3-imari-famille-rose-porcelain/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b3-fr-repro.jpgB3 - FR ReproFamille rose reproduction plate in the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/a3-imari-repro.jpgA3 - Imari ReproImari reproduction plate in the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b2-fr-18th-century.jpgB2 - FR 18th CenturyFamille rose plate. Credit: Guest & Grey Antiqueshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/a2-imari-18th-century.jpgA2 - Imari 18th CenturyImari bowl in the Historic Kenmore collection.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b1-fr-artifact.jpgB1 - FR ArtifactFamille rose artifact excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/a1-imari-artifact.jpgA1 - Imari artifactImari artifact excavated at Ferry Farm.2018-05-30T19:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/05/video-lecture-betty-washington-lewis-and-womens-health/2018-05-23T17:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/09/photos-washington-house-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-22.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (22)The work yards behind the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-21.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (21)The 1870s-era "Surveyor's Shed" next the the Washington house replica.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-20.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (20)Another view across the river into Fredericksburg.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-19.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (19)The north side of the house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-18.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (18)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-17.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (17)Inside the escritoire.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-16.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (16)The escritoire, a massive cabinet-sized desk, in the hall.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-15.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (15)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-14.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (14)Table setting in the hall.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/washington-house-replica-at-ferry-farm-13.jpgWashington House replica at Ferry Farm (13)The hall.2018-05-23T17:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/11/video-credit-and-coinage-the-economy-in-colonial-virginia/2018-05-23T17:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/21/video-lecture-cabinet-of-curiosities-kenmore-and-the-evolution-of-museum-collections/2018-05-23T17:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/28/spring-at-historic-kenmore-photos/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-11.jpgSpring at Kenmore (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-10.jpgSpring at Kenmore (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-9.jpgSpring at Kenmore (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-8.jpgSpring at Kenmore (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-7.jpgSpring at Kenmore (7)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-6.jpgSpring at Kenmore (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-5.jpgSpring at Kenmore (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-4.jpgSpring at Kenmore (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-3.jpgSpring at Kenmore (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/spring-at-kenmore-2.jpgSpring at Kenmore (2)2018-05-23T17:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/18/artifact-object-repro-part-1-blue-white-chinese-export-porcelain/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/imari-and-famille-verte-18th-century-object.jpgImari and Famille Verte 18th century object18th century Chinese Export Porcelain imari wash basin in the collection at Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/imari-and-famille-verte-artifact.jpgImari and Famille Verte artifactChinese Export Porcelain with the “imari” color design excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blue-and-white-repro-teawares.jpgBlue and White Repro teawares20th century blue and white Chinese export porcelain teaware reproductions in the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blue-and-white-repro.jpgBlue and White Repro20th century blue and white Chinese export porcelain reproduction teapot displayed inside the Washington house replica at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bue-and-white-18th-century-object.jpg18th century blue and white Chinese export porcelain teapot in the collection at Historic Kenmore. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blue-and-white-artifact.jpgBlue and White ArtifactBlue and white Chinese export porcelain artifact excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2018-05-18T13:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/05/07/washington-house-at-ferry-farm-now-open-for-tours/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/view-of-fredericksburg-across-the-river.jpgView of Fredericksburg across the RiverView from the Washington house of Fredericksburg across the Rappahannock River.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/work-yards-behind-the-house.jpgWork Yards Behind the HouseThe work yards behind the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hall.jpgHallDining table, chairs, and escritoire in the Hall of the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/tea-table-in-hall-back-room.jpgTea Table in Hall Back Roomhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/corner-cupboard-in-parlor.jpgCorner Cupboard in Parlor2018-05-07T20:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/04/30/video-the-seven-easy-pieces-of-furniture-episode-1-low-post-beds/2018-04-30T16:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/04/19/boyds-battery-an-electrifying-ferry-farm-story/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/boyds-ad-2.jpgBoyd's Ad 2Credit: The Skeptiseumhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/boyds-ad-1.jpgBoyd's Ad 1Boyd's Battery advertising circular from 1879.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/boyds-battery-reverse.jpgBoyd's Battery ReverseReverse of a Boyd's Battery showing it's patent date as Jan. 17, 1878.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/boyds-batteries.jpgBoyd's BatteriesA complete Boyd's Battery (left) next to a portion of one (right) excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/perkins-metallic-tractors.jpgPerkins Metallic TractorsPerkins Metallic Tractors, c. 1800. Credit: Hugh Talman / National Museum of American History2018-04-19T15:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/04/13/video-eggsperimental-archaeology-preserving-eggs-before-the-age-of-refrigeration-part-1/2018-04-13T15:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/04/11/tacks-ation-without-representation/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tackcloseup3242.jpgTackCloseUp3242The shanks of tacks can be square in cross section or round, their ends pointed or blunt, depending upon their function and method of manufacture. Sometimes the shanks are straight and other times they are bent. Bending a shank was sometimes done to ensure the tack was well fastened, and less likely to be lost. However, it can be difficult – some might argue impossible - to discern whether bent shanks were an intentional part of their past function, or whether the shanks were altered as an incidental consequence of their loss, burial, and exposure to subsequent activities that occurred at the site. Occasionally, the shank is missing altogether: broken off and irrevocably misplaced.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/declaration-of-independence-1819-by-john-trumbull.jpgDeclaration of Independence (1818) by John Trumbull"Taxation without representation” was a rallying cry of the American colonists against British Parliament in the years following the French and Indian War. The victory against the French had been costly, and Britain needed her colonists to contribute to defraying the costs. Parliament opted to impose a variety of taxes – such as on paper and upon tea – and the King’s North American subjects found these fees increasingly irksome. Because the colonists lacked a representative in Britain, Parliament was unable to benefit from the perspective and wisdom of the colonies. Being taxed without such representation was unacceptable, and the colonists took steps to provincial they had no influence on legislation and taxation upon the colonists. The "Declaration of Independence" (1818) by John Trumball. Credit: Architect of the Capitolhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/leather-chair-with-example-tacks.jpgLeather Chair with Example TacksA modern leather chair using tacks that look quite similar to 18th century tacks.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/augustine-washington-probate-inventory.jpgAugustine Washington Probate InventoryPortion of Augustine Washington's probate inventory from 1743. The highlighted entry shows eleven leather bottom chairs in the Hall.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ff20-tacks-small.jpgFF20-Tacks.SmallTacks recovered archaeologically at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2018-04-11T14:51:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/04/04/surveying-the-bird-life-at-george-washingtons-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/northern-flicker.jpgNorthern FlickerNorthern Flicker. Credit: Mike's Birds / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/american-kestral.jpgAmerican KestralAmerican Kestral with a freshly killed American Pipit. Credit: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rappahannock-river.jpgRappahannock RiverThe Rappahannock River at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hardwood-bottomlands.jpgHardwood BottomlandsHardwood bottomlands at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wildflower-meadow.jpgWildflower MeadowWildflower Meadow at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/american-pipit.jpgAmerican PipitAmerican Pipit. Credit: Becky Matsubara / Wikipedia2018-04-04T15:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/03/30/video-inside-the-archaeology-lab-why-does-that-glass-look-funny/2018-03-30T19:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/03/28/what-is-this-artifact-2/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/microscope-photo-of-mystery-glass-base.jpgMicroscope Photo of Mystery Glass Basehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mystery-glass-base.jpgMystery Glass Base2018-03-28T16:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/03/16/how-the-enlightenment-transformed-cats-into-pets/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tea-totalism-by-edward-bird.jpgTea-totalism by Edward Bird"Tea-totalism" by Edward Bird (1795). Credit: Copyright: WAVE, www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/two-girls-dressing-a-kitten-by-candlelight-by-joseph-wright.jpg"Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight" by Joseph Wright (c.1768) Credit: English Heritage, Kenwood.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/two-cats-by-jean-baptiste-oudry.jpgTwo Cats by Jean-Baptiste Oudry"Two Cats" by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (18th century). Credit: National Gallery of Canada.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/winston-and-blackie.jpgWinston and BlackiePrime Minister Winston Churchill stops 'Blackie', ship's cat of the HMS Prince of Wales, from crossing over to an American destroyer during the Atlantic Conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt off the coast of Newfoundland in August 1941. Credit: Imperial War Museum.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jeffery-3.jpgJeffery 3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jeffery-2.jpgJeffery 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/weaponized-animals.jpgWeaponized AnimalsFrom a "Treatise on munitions and explosive devices, with many illustrations of the various devices and their uses" by Franz Helm (1584). Credit: Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 109.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jeffery-1-e1521213645220.jpgJeffery 1Jeffrey in his favorite spot- the fruit bowl on the kitchen table.2018-03-16T16:33:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/03/07/hessians-and-history-learning-something-new-every-day/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/an-officer-and-private-in-hessen-kassel-armys-fusilier-regiment-von-knyphausen.jpgAn officer and private in Hessen-Kassel Army's Fusilier Regiment von KnyphausenAn officer (left) and private (right) in the Hessen-Cassel Army's Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen in 1783. Credit: Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-hessian-held-up-by-general-washington-on-december-25-1776-at-trenton-are-earned-as-prisoners-of-war-in-philadelphia1.jpgThe Hessian held up by General Washington on December 25, 1776 at Trenton are earned as prisoners of war in Philadelphia"The Hessian held up by General Washington on December 25, 1776 at Trenton are earned as prisoners of war in Philadelphia." An engraving by Daniel Berger after a sketch by Daniel Chodowiecki created in 1784 showing Hessian soldiers captured during the Battle at Trenton marching to Philadelphia. It turns out that buildings located in Fredericksburg's present-day Alum Springs Park housed both British and Hessian troops captured at Trenton. Credit: Library of Congress.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ansbach-bayreuth-regimental-flag.jpgAnsbach Bayreuth Regimental FlagAnsbach-Bayreuth Regimental Flag surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. Credit: National Museum of American History.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/holy-roman-empire-1789.jpgHoly Roman Empire, 1789Map of the Holy Roman Empire as it existed in 1789. Arrows point at Ansbach and Bayreuth. Credit: English map by Robert Alfers based on a German original by Ziegel Brenner. / Wikipedia.2018-03-07T19:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/02/28/no-refrigerator-no-problem-preserving-and-storing-meat-in-the-1700s/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ceramic-storage-vessel-51.jpgCeramic Storage Vessel (5)A complete redware storage jar.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ceramic-storage-vessel-4.jpgCeramic Storage Vessel (4)English stoneware crock sherd.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ceramic-storage-vessel-3.jpgCeramic Storage Vessel (3)Redware storage vessel rim.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ceramic-storage-vessel-2.jpgCeramic Storage Vessel (2)Buckley Jar/Crock rim with part of the Handle still attached.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ceramic-storage-vessel-1.jpgCeramic Storage Vessel (1)American salt glazed stoneware jar rim.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/washington-house-and-work-yards.jpgWashington House and Work YardsArchaeologists have not located where the smokehouse stood when the Washingtons lived at Ferry Farm. Perhaps it stood among the fenced-in work yards behind the family home. More archaeological exploration will necessary to place the structure on the landscape.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/butcher-diagram-for-pig.pngButcher Diagram for PigA butcher's diagram showing the main cuts of pork and from where the come on a pig. Credit: Wikipedia/Pearson Scott Foresman.2018-02-26T20:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/02/14/a-thimble-of-my-love/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ferryfarm20dec1862.jpgFerryFarm20Dec1862"Fredericksburg, Virginia -- [From a Drawing by Mr. A.R. Waud]" in the December 20, 1862 edition of "Harper's Weekly." Buildings of the Bray farmstead can be seen along the river bank in the image's middleground to the left. Public domain.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ffforgetthimblebloglines.jpgFFForgetThimbleBlogLinesIt’s easier to see the letters “FORGE…” of the phrase “FORGET ME NOT” upon this conserved Ferry Farm thimble. It was found in 2004 in direct association with one of the Bray era dwellings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ff-2794-not-2smalllines.jpgFF.2794-NOT-2SmallLinesLook closely and you can read the word “NOT” upon this “Forget Me Not” thimble found in 2014. It was found in the yard east of the Bray era structures in a layer dating from sometime between 1800-1860.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ff-graduated-thimbles-shoptsmall.jpgFF-Graduated Thimbles-shoptSmallA variety of sizes accommodated a child’s growth to adulthood. These examples were uncovered by archaeologists at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ff06-thimbles-copy.jpgFF06-Thimbles.copyA sample of the 30 historical thimbles found to date by archaeologists at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2018-02-14T18:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/02/12/video-the-rooms-at-ferry-farm-a-furnishings-update/2018-02-12T20:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/02/08/the-lewis-ships-sailed-the-atlantic-world/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/the-south-east-prospect-of-london-from-the-tower-to-london-bridge-1746-by-john-maurer.jpg'The South East Prospect of London from the Tower to London Bridge' 1746 by John Maurer"The South East Prospect of London from the Tower to London Bridge" (1746) by John Maurer. Credt: Royal Collection Trust / © HM Queen Elizabeth II 20182018-02-08T20:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/01/31/why-are-there-weird-animal-feet-on-18th-century-furniture/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/furniture-feet-2.jpgFurniture Feet (2)A trifid foot on a chair at Historic Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/furniture-feet-3.jpgFurniture Feet (3)An example of a “pied de biche” furniture leg on a gaming table that will grace the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/furniture-feet-1.jpgFurniture Feet (1)An example of the ball-and-claw foot on a reproduction escritoire -- a massive cabinet-sized desk -- that will sit in the Hall of the Washington house.2018-01-31T15:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/01/26/the-fly-uh-snail-in-the-ointment-pot/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ointment-pot-3.jpgOintment Pot 3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ointment-pot-2.jpgOintment Pot 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ointment-pot-1.jpgOintment Pot 1Three white salt glazed stoneware ointment pots excavated from the Washington house cellar at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/michel-schuppach-in-his-pharmacy-examining-a-young-womans-urine-who-is-seated-opposite-him-awaiting-the-result-line-engraving-by-b-hc3bcbner-1775-after-g-locher-1774.jpgMichel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774'Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.' by Gottfried Locher. Credit Wellcome Collection. CC BYhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/an-ill-man-who-is-being-bled-by-his-doctor-coloured-etching-by-j-sneyd-1804-after-j-gillray.jpgAn ill man who is being bled by his doctor. Coloured etching by J. Sneyd, 1804, after J. Gillray"An ill man who is being bled by his doctor. Coloured etching by J. Sneyd, 1804, after J. Gillray." by James Gillray. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY2018-01-26T21:17:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2018/01/12/photos-twelfth-night-at-kenmore-2018/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-15.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (15)The "Twelfth Night at Kenmore" cast.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-14.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (14)Lucy Thorton Lewis (Rachel Sargeant), wife of John Lewis, acted as a guide for the evening and narrated our story.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-13.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (13)Lucy Thorton Lewis (Cynthia Palmer), wife of John Lewis, acted as a guide for the evening and narrated our story.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-12.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (12)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-11.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-10.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (10)Henry Mitchell (Preston Simms) talks with Pompy, an enslaved blacksmith (Marcus Salley) and wonders whether he might as well become a Loyalist since his neighbors already seem to think that he is one.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-9.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (9)The Lewis family sings "The First Noel."https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-8.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (8)Fielding Lewis, Jr. (Sam Fulton) and George Weedon debate the wisdom of suspending horse racing in Fredericksburg as part of the effort to stay focused on the war effort.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-7.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (7)Having heard about Dunmore's Proclamation, Hetty wonders how she might escape slavery and join the British cause in the hope of gaining freedom.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/twelfth-night-2018-for-blog-6.jpgTwelfth Night 2018 for Blog (6)Rachel, an enslaved cook (Gladys Perkins), clears the dining room table after the ball's grand meal is complete.2018-01-12T21:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/24/photos-the-gwfs-delightful-december/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-12.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (12)A pub in Kenmore's dollhouse exhibit.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-11.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (11)The traditional 18th century dessert table inside of Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-10.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (10)Movie theater in Kemore's dollhouse exhibit.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-9.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (9)Wreath on the gate at Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-8.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (8)Hacienda in Kenmore's dollhouse exhibit.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-7.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (7)Kenmore in the snow in early January 2017.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-6.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (6)A gingerbread Humpback Bridge.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-5.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (5)Wreath on the Visitor Center door at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-4.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (4)Gingerbread man.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-at-the-gwf-2017-3.jpgChristmas at The GWF 2017 (3)Christmas tree in the Visitor Center at Ferry Farm.2017-12-22T17:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/26/when-christmas-wasnt-for-kids/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/merry-christmas-ornamental-typography.pngMerry-Christmas-Ornamental-Typographyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-pieces.jpgChristmas PiecesReproduction "Christmas pieces" in Betty Washington Lewis' Bed Chamber at Historic Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/twelfth-night-in-devonshire-1863.jpgTwelfth Night in Devonshire (1863)"Twelfth Night in Devonshire" (1863) shows men firing guns to celebrate the holiday in "Das festliche Jahr in Sitten, Gebräuchen und Festen der germanischen Völker" by Otto von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld.2017-12-22T17:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/21/the-wine-bottle-ubiquitous-and-informative/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wine-bottles-2.jpgWine Bottles 2An example of what the bottles excavated at Ferry Farm looked when they were whole.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/an-english-sloop1.jpgB1981.25.623"An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore" (mid-18th cent.) by Francis Swaine. Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wine-bottles-1.jpgWine Bottles 1Mid-18th century bottle neck and base fragments excavated from the Washington house cellar at Ferry Farm.2017-12-20T21:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/19/video-4th-annual-wee-christmas-dollhouse-miniatures-exhibit/2017-12-19T14:02:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/17/photos-antiques-hunt/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-12.jpgAntique Hunt (12)Bonus to shopping at thrift stores: there’s usually a friendly pooch or two around! Mara says hi to this store dog while holding two very nice 20th century tea bowls that will easily pass for the 18th century version once we remove some of the exterior decoration.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-11.jpgAntique Hunt (11)Another dish made for Lord & Taylor, this time in the “Imari” palette. Interestingly, we found 3 of these Lord & Taylor dishes at 3 different stores – clearly, we were meant to have them.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-10.jpgAntique Hunt (10)Archaeology Lab Technician Elyse Adams, Curator Meghan Budinger and Archaeology Lab Supervisor Melanie Marquis tally our haul at the Animal Welfare League thrift shop. Great repros for a great cause!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-9.jpgAntique Hunt (9)A perfect example of a reproduction redware pitcher!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-8.jpgAntique Hunt (8)Did they have umbrellas in the 18th century?https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-7.jpgAntique Hunt (7)A 20th century earthenware jug decorated in great Westerwald style. We found this one in a shop that specializes in Asian antiques. Go figure!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-6.jpgAntique Hunt (6)A serving dish decorated in a great 20th century approximation of the rare “famille vert” palette found on very early 18th century Chinese Export Porcelain teawares. These dishes were made for Lord & Taylor in the 1980s.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-5.jpgAntique Hunt (5)“Guys, whaddya think??”https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-4.jpgAntique Hunt (4)A baluster-stem wine goblet, perhaps from the 1930s, that is a pretty good approximation of a similar 18th century wine glass found archaeologically at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/antique-hunt-3.jpgAntique Hunt (3)Ceramics and Glass Specialist Mara Kaktins examines some glass candlesticks for historical accuracy.2017-12-18T19:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/08/23/just-what-is-colonial-revival/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/colonial-revival-ads-4.jpgColonial Revival Ads 4https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/colonial-revival-ads-3.jpgColonial Revival Ads 3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/colonial-revival-ads-1.jpgColonial Revival Ads 1Advertisements for home furnishings in the Colonial Revival style in the 1960s and 1970s.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/colonial-revival-ads-2.jpgColonial Revival Ads 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/peace-ball-2.jpgPeace Ball 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/peace-ball-1.jpgPeace Ball 1Photos from a re-enactment of the Peace Ball, held in the Kenmore dining room in 1924. The participants are students from the Fredericksburg State Teacher’s College. (Kenmore Photographic Collection, .1713 and .1713-2 PBW)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/postcard-2b.jpgPostcard 2bhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/postcard-2a.jpgPostcard 2ahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/postcard-1b.jpgPostcard 1bhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/postcard-1.jpgPostcard 1Postcards from the 1970s showing Kenmore’s kitchen and “Children’s Room” in all their early American splendor. Descriptions of the rooms on the reverse of the postcards capture the essence of the Colonial Revival spirit. (The George Washington Foundation Manuscript Collection, MS 1675 and MS 1684)2017-12-15T21:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/10/11/getting-judgy-with-colonial-revival-ceramics/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/colonial-revival-ceramics-1.jpgColonial Revival Ceramics 1Stoneware mustard pot dating from 1993 and perhaps sold by The Cracker Barrel.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/colonial-revival-ceramics-2.jpgColonial Revival Ceramics 2Colonial Revival white granite pitcher.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/colonial-revival-ceramics-4.jpgColonial Revival Ceramics 4An 18th century platter with shell edge decoration in the dining room at Historic Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/colonial-revival-ceramics-3.jpgColonial Revival Ceramics 3This 20th century reproduction made by The Homer Laughlin China Company is a 'debased' version of a shell edge platter from the 18th century.2017-12-15T21:02:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/20/video-building-georges-house-the-corner-cupboard/2017-12-15T21:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/08/search-for-washington-house-furnishings-takes-an-exciting-turn/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/demijohn.jpgDemijohnDemijohnhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/wick-trimmers.jpgWick TrimmersWick trimmershttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bourdaloue.jpgBourdaloueA replica bourdaloue purchased at the "Turn" auction.2017-12-15T20:59:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/15/video-31st-annual-gingerbread-house-contest-exhibit/2017-12-15T14:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/13/washington-smallpox-and-the-fight-for-independence/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/reconstructed-winter-cabins-at-morristown-nhp.jpgReconstructed winter cabins at Morristown NHPReconstructed winter cabins at Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown, New Jersey, where the Continental Army quartered for the winter of 1776-77 and where Washington's mass smallpox inoculation of his troops took place. Credit: National Park Service / Steve Santuccihttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inoculation-against-smallpox-in-paris-1807-by-louis-lc3a9opold-boilly.jpgInoculation against smallpox in Paris (1807) by Louis Léopold BoillyInoculation against smallpox in Paris (1807) by Louis Léopold Boilly. Credit: Public domain / Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/smallpox-pustules-on-hand.jpgSmallpox pustules on handSmallpox pustules on hand.2017-12-13T16:45:01+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/12/05/when-washington-wanted-to-know-the-weather/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/red-in-the-morning.jpgRed in the MorningSunrise over the Atlantic Ocean.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mount-vernon-weathervane.jpgMount Vernon WeathervaneWeather vane atop the cupola at Mount Vernon. Credit: Tim Evanson / Flickr.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/snowing-at-the-washington-house.jpgSnowing at the Washington HouseSnow falls on the Washington house at Ferry Farm in the midst of construction late last winter.2017-12-06T13:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/11/30/finding-clues-in-curtain-rings/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/probatep286hallbackrmcurtainssmall-copy.jpgProbateP286HallBackRmCurtainsSmall copyThis detail from Augustine Washington’s 1743 probate inventory indicates that the hall back room had two window hangings valued at 8 shillings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/curtain-rings.jpgCurtain RingsPossible curtain rings recovered by archaeologists at Ferry Farm. These are made from solid brass. Such rings supported bed curtains, wall hangings, and window curtains.2017-11-30T21:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/11/28/video-coming-soon-twelfth-night-at-kenmore/2017-11-28T17:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/11/22/it-is-indeed-bad-to-eat-apples-it-is-better-to-make-them-all-cider-when-cider-reigned-supreme-in-america/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cider-making-c-1840-by-william-sydney-mount.jpgCider Making (c.1840) by William Sydney MountCider Making (c.1840) by William Sydney Mount. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/still-life-with-apples-grapes-and-a-pot-of-jam-1700s-by-luis-melc3a9ndez.jpgStill Life with Apples, Grapes and a Pot of Jam (1700s) by Luis Meléndez"Still Life with Apples, Grapes and a Pot of Jam" (1700s) by Luis Meléndez. Credit: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya / Wikipedia2017-11-21T19:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/11/21/video-historic-kenmore-an-aerial-view/2017-11-21T17:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/11/16/at-the-kids-table-with-george-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/happy-thanksgiving.jpgHappy-Thanksgiving-https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kenmore-dining-room-on-12th-night.jpgKenmore Dining Room on 12th NightKenmore's Dining Room with both the round and square tables displayed during a performance of the annual holiday theatrical drama "Twelfth Night at Kenmore" each year in early January.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/an-election-entertainment-hogarth-1754.jpgAn Election Entertainment Hogarth 1754"An Election Entertainment" (1754) by William Hogarth. The painting shows a Whig banquet thrown to win votes through food and drink, a common practice in both England and the colonies. Two dining tables - a rectangular one and a round one - are visible. Credit: Sir John Soane's Museum / The Yorck Porject / Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hall-on-the-probate.jpgHall on the ProbateSection of Augustine Washington's probate inventory taken in 1743 showing the furniture and personal property listed in the Hall.2017-11-16T20:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/11/08/when-george-washington-almost-joined-the-british-royal-navy/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/action-between-nottingham-and-mars-1746-by-samuel-scott.jpgAction Between Nottingham and Mars, 1746 by Samuel Scott"Action Between Nottingham and Mars, 1746" by Samuel Scott Credit: Wikipedia/National Maritime Museum.2017-11-10T15:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/10/18/the-colorful-glass-tablewares-of-the-washington-household/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rs2010_3_13_500x2.jpgRS2010_3_13_500x2010.3.13, Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, Gift of Dr. Charles Lothridgehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/amethyst-glass-2.jpgAmethyst Glass (2)Small piece of amethyst glass recovered archaeologically at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/51-3-224-opt.jpg51.3.224-opt51.3.224, Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/enameled-milk-glass-tumbler.jpgEnameled Milk Glass TumblerMilk glass with fugitive design recovered by Ferry Farm archaeologists.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/92-001-7.jpg92.001.7Amethyst Wine Rinser from the Historic Kenmore collection.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wine-glass-rinser.jpgWine Glass Rinser with Wine GlassWine Glass Rinser with Wine Glasshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/smoky-grey-wine-rinser-1.jpgSmoky Grey Wine Rinser (1)Thin blue-green fragment of a wine rinser discovered at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/smoky-grey-wine-rinser-2.jpgSmoky Quartz Colored Wine RinserSherd of a Smoky Quartz Colored Wine Rinser excavated at Ferry Farm. A portion of the small spout is visible.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cobalt-blue-goblet.jpegCobalt Blue GobletCobalt Blue Goblethttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cobalt-blue-goblet-base.jpgCobalt Blue Goblet BaseCobalt Blue Goblet Base2017-10-18T16:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/10/13/video-building-georges-house-oyster-slaking/2017-10-13T14:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/10/06/georges-hometown-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_3072.jpgDSC_3072The reconstructed Washington house at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/georges-hometown-5.jpgGeorge's Hometown 52017-10-05T12:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/10/04/a-silly-bauble-ferry-farms-sputnik-moment-2/2017-10-04T17:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/10/03/georges-hometown-masonic-lodge/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/georges-hometown-4.jpgGeorge's Hometown 4The Masonic Lodge of Fredericksburg at the intersection of Princess Ann and Hanover Streets.2017-10-03T17:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/29/georges-hometown-julians-tavern/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/georges-hometown-3.jpgGeorge's Hometown 32017-09-29T13:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/27/video-lecture-the-rooms-at-ferry-farm/2017-09-27T17:46:22+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/13/video-lecture-building-georges-house-introducing-the-new-ferry-farm/2017-09-25T17:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/18/georges-hometown-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/georges-hometown-1.jpgGeorge's Hometown 12017-09-25T17:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/20/video-lecture-the-mother-of-the-father-of-our-country/2017-09-25T17:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/25/georges-hometown-st-georges-church/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/georges-hometown-2.jpgGeorge's Hometown 22017-09-25T17:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/22/how-many-curlers-did-a-harried-hairdresser-need-lets-do-the-math/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/14septcurlerxmendzsmall.jpg14SeptCurlerXMendzSmallFigure 1: This bird’s-eye view of the Washington house and surrounding yard shows where ten of the crossmended fragments mend to their respective mates. A ‘path’ between the work yard - where the majority of curlers were used - and the Parlor inside the house is evident.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mending-curler-2.jpgMending Curler 2Christine, a volunteer in the Archaeology Lab, tries to mend a wig curler.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mending-curler-1.jpgMending Curler 1https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sfr65-3055.jpgSFR65-3055Plate 5: A typical curler crossmend from Ferry Farm. Two fragments mend to form a complete specimen. Often, these curlers break in the middle, as shown.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ff18-curlers-h-shopt-small.jpgFF18 Curlers h.shopt.smallPlate 4: Curlers tend to break into two fragments.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ffcurlermarksshopt-small.jpgFFCurlerMarksShopt.smallPlate 3: There were three varieties of maker’s marks. A few curlers had no marks.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2013_07_04_wigcurler.jpg2013_07_04_wigcurlerPlate 1: A wig hair curler fresh from the excavation of the Washingtons’ task yard. Note the “WB” mark on its end, which we believe to be the Initials of its British manufacturer. Image courtesy of Virginia Commonwealth University/Bernard Means.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ferry-farm-all-nine-b-smaller.jpgFerry Farm All Nine-b-SmallerPlate 2: Representatives of the nine different curler sizes from Ferry Farm. These nine sizes were analytically imposed. They may not necessarily represent historically defined categories.2017-09-22T16:19:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/09/06/video-the-colonial-kitchen-making-switchel/2017-09-06T17:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/08/31/the-heat-is-beyond-your-conception-staying-cool-in-18th-century-virginia/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/passage-from-west1.jpgPassage from WestA view from Kenmore's west front into the passage and all the way through the dining room and out the house's east entrance.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/passage-from-east1.jpgPassage from EastA view from Kenmore's east portico into the dining room and all the way through the passage and out the house's west entrance. All of these doors would be opened during hot weather to allow a cooling breeze into the house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cooling-in-basement1.jpgCooling in BasementWoman in a shift and petticoat fans herself to stay cool in the cellar of Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/switchel.jpgSwitchelSwitchel being poured into a mug.2017-08-31T16:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/08/29/lecture-series-will-introduce-the-new-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/aerial-house-photo.jpgAerial House PhotoA recent aerial view of the Washington house in the midst of construction at George Washington's Ferry Farm. Photo credit: Jimmy Cline2017-08-29T13:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/08/09/how-the-enlightenment-transformed-dogs-into-pets/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/spado.jpgSpadoAnnouncement in the Friday, March 7, 1777 edition of the "Virginia Gazette" offering a reward for a lost or stolen dog named Spado.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/edward-2.jpgEdward 2Edward was adopted at eight-weeks-old after an injury to his back leg, which could not be saved. He is now a healthy nine-year-old tri-paw, who loves to talk to people about adopting special needs dogs.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/edward-1.jpgEdward 1Edward as a puppy.2017-08-10T13:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/07/28/video-building-georges-house-blacksmith-peter-ross/2017-07-28T15:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/08/02/furnishing-georges-house-what-exactly-is-that-curatorial-conundrums-in-the-washington-house-part-2-sugar-box/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cellarette-2.jpgCellarette (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cellarette-1.jpgCellarette (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/augustine-washingtons-probate-inventory.jpgAugustine Washington's Probate InventoryPortion of Augustine Washington’s probate inventory with “Sugar Box” highlighted in pink.2017-07-27T18:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/07/26/the-surveyors-shed-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/boy-with-cherry-tree-shrine.jpgBoy with Cherry Tree ShrineA young boy stands proudly by the cherry tree stump. The rear of the Surveyor’s Shed is visible in the background.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/visit-in-front-of-office.jpgVisit in front of Officehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dscf4644.jpgSurveyor's Shed in WinterThe Surveyor's Shed in winter.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/surveyors-shed-in-spring.jpgSurveyor's Shed in SpringThe "Surveyor's Shed" at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jb-colbert.jpgJames B. ColbertJames B. Colbert2017-07-26T16:24:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/07/10/photos-the-fourth-of-july-at-ferry-farm-2017/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-14.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (14)The new flag is raised as rain begins to fall.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-13.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (13)Boys Scouts and American Heritage Girls lower the flag being retired.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-12.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (12)Congressman Rob Wittman speaks during the annual Flag Retirement Ceremony.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-11.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (11)Visiting with the Patawomeck Indians https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-10.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (10)Soap made by Elisa Gale goes from the cauldron into molds to cool and harden.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-9.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (9)Artisan Bill Jenkins uses a draw knife to craft part of a Windsor chair.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-8.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (8)Audience members recreate the painting of Washington crossing the Delaware.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-7.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (7)Audience watches Fielding Lewis propose marriage to Betty Washington during a theater scene.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-6.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (6)Patriotic face painting.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/july-4th-2016-for-blog-5.jpgJuly 4th 2016 for Blog (5)Tea time!2017-07-10T19:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/07/03/the-fox-a-bygone-symbol-of-liberty/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/smith-quote1.jpgSmith Quotehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/harlem-heights-fox-folktale.jpgHarlem Heights Fox Folktalehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ff-tallio-foxface-copy.jpgFF-Tallio-FoxFace - CopyClose-up of the fox image from one of the Washingtons’ TALLIO sleeve buttonshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/talliolinkspc012a-300dpi.jpgTallioLinksPC012a.300dpiAdditional TALLIO sleeve buttons from the antebellum-era plowzone at Washington's boyhood home. They are notably more weathered from its increased exposure to the elements given its shallow soil burial environment.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/talliocloseup.jpgTallioCLOSEUPA close-up of a “TALLIO” sleeve button from the Washingtons' parlor cellar, c. 1766-1772.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lwlpr05356-1784.jpglwlpr05356-1784A 1784 image of a fox, featuring the head of British parliamentarian Charles James Fox. Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale Universityhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lewiswalpolelibrary-1776-theparricidewitharrowaddedljg.jpgLewisWalpoleLibrary.1776.TheParricideWithArrowAddedLJGColonial discord is represented in this 1776 image showing America (symbolized as a woman in a feathered headdress, center left) attacking a defenseless Britannia (symbolized by the woman at center right). Charles James Fox is represented as a fox in the background (see arrow). Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/charles_james_fox00-byjoshuareynolds-1782jpg.jpgCharles_James_Fox00.ByJoshuaReynolds-1782jpgThe Right Honourable Charles James Fox, MP, wore buff and blue apparel for this 1782 portrait by Joshua Reynolds. Credit: Wikipedia.2017-07-03T17:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/06/28/furnishing-georges-house-what-exactly-is-that-curatorial-conundrums-in-the-washington-house-part-1-scrutoire/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/escrutoire2.jpgEscrutoire2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/escrutoire1.jpgEscrutoire1The reproduction scrutoire that will be displayed inside the completed Washington house at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/scren-tore1.jpgScren TorePortion of Augustine Washington's probate inventory with "Scren Fore" or "Scren Tore" highlighted in pink.2017-06-28T16:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/06/21/dressing-the-past-costuming-challenges-at-ferry-farm-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cloak.jpgCloakhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0162.jpgCostume details2017-06-21T15:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/06/19/photos-building-georges-house-north-chimney/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/14.jpg14https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/13.jpg13https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/12.jpg12https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/11.jpg11https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/10.jpg10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/09.jpg09https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/08.jpg08https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/07.jpg07https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/06.jpg06https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/05.jpg052017-06-19T16:49:20+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/06/14/photos-much-ado-about-nothing-at-kenmores-shakespeare-on-the-lawn/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-22.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (22)Beatrice and Benedick finally confess their love for each other.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-21.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (21)Hero, who was thought to be dead, is revealed to Claudio to be very much alive. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-20.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (20)Claudio and Pedro visit what they believe is Hero's grave.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-19.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (19)The Watch captures Borachio and his friend Conrad (center seated-Claudio Manno) and bring them to Dogberry and the Sexton (far left-Paul Kartage). Borachio confesses that Hero's unfaithfulness was staged by Don John.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-18.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (18)Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio for what he's done to Hero.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-17.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (17)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-16.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (16)Claudio accuses Hero of unfaithfulness and leaves her at the altar.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-15.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (15)The Watch (l to r-John Flemming, Zach Brown, Erica Turner) receives instructions from Dogberry (center-Marcus Salley) while Verges (far left-Jeffery Bare) listens.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-14.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (14)Hero schemes with her cousins to get Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/much-ado-for-blog-13.jpgMuch Ado for Blog (13)After hearing that Beatrice is in love with him, Benedick decides her love must be requited even though he vowed to always be a bachelor. 2017-06-14T15:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/06/08/three-military-adventures-that-inspired-george-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/needhams-point-barbabos-by-reinhard-link.jpgNeedham's Point, Barbabos by Reinhard LinkNeedham's Point, Barbados. Credit: Reinhard Link.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/friedrich-von-schomberg-atrributed-to-adrian-van-der-werff-1600s1.jpgFriedrich von Schomberg atrributed to Adrian van der Werff (1600s)Portrait of Friedrich von Schomberg atrributed to Adrian van der Werff (c. 1600s) Credit: Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/edward-vernon-by-thomas-gainsborough-c1753.jpgNPG 881; Edward Vernon by Thomas GainsboroughPortrait of Edward Vernon by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1753 (NPG 881). Credit: National Portrait Gallery, London.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/defensa-de-cartagena-de-indias-por-la-escuadra-de-d-blas-de-lezo-ac3b1o-1741-by-luis-fernc3a1ndez-gordillo.jpgDefensa de Cartagena de Indias por la escuadra de D. Blas de Lezo, año 1741 by Luis Fernández Gordillo"Defensa de Cartagena de Indias por la escuadra de D. Blas de Lezo, año 1741" by Luis Fernández Gordillo. Credit: Wikipedia / Naval Museum of Madrid.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lawrence-washington-attributed-to-gustavus-hesselius-c-1738.jpgLawrence Washington attributed to Gustavus Hesselius (c 1738)Portrait of Lawrence Washington attributed to Gustavus Hesselius (c. 1738). Credit: Wikipedia / Mount Vernon.2017-06-08T16:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/06/01/good-clean-fun-an-experiment-in-soap-making-colonial-style/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0136.jpgZap testZap test!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170521_111636.jpgSoap and SudsThe photo on the left shows the soap in a parchment paper-covered wooden mould while the photo on the right shows suds in a slow cooker.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170521_111223.jpgFour Stages of Soap MakingThese four pictures show the consistency of the soap in four stages: caramel (top left), melted butter (top right), applesauce (bottom left), mashed potatoes (bottom right).https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2013_history_camp_39.jpgHistory Campers doing laundryChildren do laundry using 18th century methods during History Camp at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2017-06-01T19:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/24/coffee-a-revolutionary-drink/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a-society-of-patriotic-ladies.jpgA Society of Patriotic Ladies"A society of patriotic ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina" printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett on March 25, 1775 in London. This satirical print shows American women pledging to boycott English tea in response to Continental Congress resolution in 1774 to boycott English goods. Credit; Library of Congress.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7.jpg7Porcelain Coffee Mug dating from 1765-1768 made by Philip Christian & Co. in Liverpool, England.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4.jpg4Silver Coffeepot dating from 1750 and made by Henry Miller in London.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/8.jpg8Porcelain Teabowl dating from 1765-1768 and made by Philip Christian & Co. in Liverpool, England.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2.jpgTeapotCreamware Teapot dating from 1760-1775 and made in England.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/domestick-coffee-man.jpgDomestick Coffee ManTitle page of Humphrey Broadbent's The Domestick Coffee-man published in 1722.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ms-856-copy.jpgms 856 copyBetty Washington Lewis made three purchases of coffee in January and March 1796.2017-05-24T20:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/10/glass-tablewares-of-the-washington-household/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/venetian-goblet.jpg91.1.1442Wine goblet made in the 16th century in Venice, Italy. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Arthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/venetian-glass.jpgVenetian GlassArchaeologists excavated this small fragment of Venetian glass at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flip-cup-2.jpgFlip Cup (2)Flip cup in the collection at Historic Kenmore. It features the same design as the fragments discovered at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flip-cup-1.jpgFlip Cup (1)Portions of a flip cup dug up by Ferry Farm archaeologists.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lead-glass-bottle1.jpgLead Glass BottleLead glass bottle showing the ruffled neck on the fragment excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lead-glass-bottle-neck1.jpgLead Glass Bottle NeckLead glass bottle neck excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.2017-05-19T12:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/18/george-washingtons-troublesome-teeth/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bakers-ad-in-the-va-gazette.jpgBaker's Ad in the VA Gazettehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/john-greenwood.jpgJohn GreenwoodEngraving of John Greenwood by Roy Peintre. Credit: Library of Congresshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-washington-by-gilbert-stuart-1798.jpgGeorge Washington by Gilbert Stuart (1798)George Washington by Gilbert Stuart (1798). Washington's dental troubles are even apparent on his face. His mouth is closed tightly and both the area around his lips as well as his lower jaw and chin protrude slightly. Credit: Clark Art Institutehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-washington-full-dentures-now-incomplete-set.jpgGeorge Washington - Full Dentures, Now Incomplete Sethttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george-washington-full-dentures-complete-set.jpgGeorge Washington - Full Dentures, Complete Sethttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/washington-house-barbados.jpgWashington House, BarbadosHome of Captain Croftan where Washington lived during the several months he visited Barbados in 1751. Credit: Wikipedia / Jerry E. and Roy Klotzhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/john-adams-by-gilbert-stuart-1821.jpgJohn Adams by Gilbert Stuart (1821)John Adams by Gilbert Stuart (1821) Credit: National Gallery of Art2017-05-18T18:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/15/video-building-georges-house-flooring/2017-05-15T15:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/01/harriot-washingtons-hard-knock-life/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mount-vernon.jpgmount-vernonMount Vernon. Credit: Wikipedia/Martin Falbisoner2017-05-15T14:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/08/photos-flowers-at-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-9.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-8.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-7.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (7)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-6.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-5.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-4.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-3.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-2.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flowers-at-kenmore-1.jpgFlowers at Kenmore (1)2017-05-08T15:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/03/kenmores-holy-grail/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/m-108-courtesy-of-the-montpelier-foundation.jpgM-108, Courtesy of the Montpelier FoundationThe Drawing Room at James Madison's Montpelier. Courtesy of Montpelier, a National Trust Historic Site.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/margaret-bayard-smith.jpgMargaret Bayard SmithPortrait of Margaret Bayard Smith by Charles Bird King (c. 1829). Credit: Smithsonian Institutionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lewis-papers.jpgLewis PapersWhile there are some Lewis family documents in our collection, there is no description of Kenmore during the Lewises time among the family’s papers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kenmure-castle.jpgKenmure CastleRuins of Kenmore Castle in 2008. Credit: Chris Newman / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kenmure-castle-plate-2.jpgKenmure Castle - Plate 2Drawing of Kenmure Castle, south-west Scotland, by Francis Grose (1797). Credit: Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kenmure-castle-plate-1.jpgKenmure Castle - Plate 1Drawing of Kenmure Castle, south-west Scotland, by Francis Grose (1797). Credit: Wikipedia2017-05-03T15:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/04/24/photos-grandparent-grandchild-archaeology-day-camp/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-15.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (15)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-14.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (14)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-13.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (13)At the end of the day, campers were given an object that they used to create a diorama telling the story of the object.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-12.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (12)Mending an 'artifact'.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-11.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (11)Learning about the glass mending project now happening in the lab.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-10.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (10)Viewing Mary Washington's punch bowl during an Archaeology Lab tour.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-9.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (9)Artifacts get bagged.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-8.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (8)Carefully checking for artifacts after screening.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-7.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (7)Screening to separate artifacts from dirt.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grandparents-archaeology-camp-2017-6.jpgGrandparents Archaeology Camp 2017 (6)"I found something!"2017-04-24T15:42:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/04/20/video-building-georges-house-roofing/2017-04-20T16:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/04/12/why-red-how-we-picked-the-paint/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/washington-house-without-scaffolding.jpgWashington House without ScaffoldingRiver-facing side of the Washington house at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/peyton-randolph-house.jpgPeyton Randolph HouseThe Peyton Randolph House in Colonial Williamsburg. Credit: Wikipedia / Jrcla2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/palmer-marsh-house.jpgPalmer Marsh HousePalmer Marsh House in Bath, North Carolina. Credit: North Carolina Historic Sites2017-04-11T19:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/04/10/photos-flowers-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-11.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-10.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-9.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-8.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-7.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (7)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-6.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-5.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-4.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-3.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/flowers-at-ferry-farm-2.jpgFlowers at Ferry Farm (2)2017-04-10T18:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/04/07/building-georges-house-roofing-timelapse/2017-04-07T14:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/04/05/harriots-happily-ever-after/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/george-washington-1795-by-gilbert-stuart2.jpgPortrait of George Washington (1795) by Gilbert StuartPortrait of George Washington (1795) by Gilbert Stuart. Credit: Public domain/Metropolitan Museum of Art2017-04-05T18:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/27/video-furnishing-georges-house-joiners-painting-the-corner-cupboard/2017-03-21T14:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/22/furnishing-georges-house-the-corner-cupboard/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/finished-corner-cupboard.jpgFinished Corner CupboardThe finished reproduction corner cupboard for the Washington house at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/probate-inventory-corner-cupboard.jpgProbate Inventory - Corner CupboardPage from Augustine Washington's probate inventory showing the "Lumber in the Room & Cubbord" as recorded by the inventory takers in 1743.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/making-the-corner-cupboard-1.jpgMaking the Corner Cupboard 1The joiners at Colonial Williamsburg (l-r): Peter Hudson, Amanda Doggett, Scott Krogh, Ted Boscana.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/furnishings-posts-logo-final.jpgFurnishings posts logo final2017-03-21T14:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/29/photos-building-georges-house-painting-the-exterior/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-8.jpgHouse Painting (8)Falling snow against the new paint.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-7.jpgHouse Painting (7)Dormers complete.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-6.jpgHouse Painting (6)North and east side of house complete.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-5.jpgHouse Painting (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-4.jpgHouse Painting (4)Painting the dormers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-3.jpgHouse Painting (3)First coat.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-2.jpgHouse Painting (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/house-painting-1.jpgHouse Painting (1)Getting started.2017-03-20T18:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/16/i-wonder-if-this-was-mine-robert-baileys-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/robert-bailey-2.jpgRobert Bailey 2Robert looks over some of the 20th century items excavated at Ferry Farm that, who knows, might have belonged to him in his youth.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/robert-bailey-1.jpgRobert Bailey 1Robert Baileyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/colbert-house-3.jpgColbert House 3Surveyor's Shed in the foreground left with Colbert House in the background right.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0071.jpgDSC_0071Collection of 20th century items excavated at Ferry Farm. Clockwise from left: portion of a Playdoh canister lid, marbles including a large green shooter, green plastic army man, red plastic Indian, blue plastic Civil War soldier, four .22 caliber shelling casings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/young-robert.jpgYoung RobertRobert as a child (foreground left in the rocker) in the Colbert House back yard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/colbert-house-1.pngColbert House 1Colbert House2017-03-16T17:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/03/08/the-marriage-of-mary-ball-and-augustine-washington/2017-03-08T16:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/22/photos-washington-memorabilia/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-10.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-10A green water bottle with a likeness of George Washington under the word "water." The bottle reads "Washington / Bicentennial" with the dates 1732 and 1932 on either side. It was made by the Hemingray Glass Company in Muncie, Indiana.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-9.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-8.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-8A commemorative porcelain tray depicting George Washington, Martha Washington, and Mount Vernon. The vignettes were transfer-printed first and then hand-painted to add details. At the bottom of the Mount Vernon vignette is printed "Washington's Home / Mount Vernon, Va." The tray was made by Tressemann & Vogt in Germany between 1891 and 1907.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-7.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-7A commemorative plate from 1932 with an elaborate floral gilded border and a transfer-printed bust of George Washington in the center and made by the Capital Souvenir Company.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-6.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-5.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-5A clear glass bottle from 1932 made by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company of Huntington, West Virginia. One side is a crude embossed profile of a Washington bust while the other side has embossed depiction of a cherry tree with the dates "1732" and "1932" on a scroll beneath.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-4.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-4A Washington Bicentenary Memorial Plate from 1932 made by Crown Ducal in Stoke-on-Trent, England. This ceramic plate with blue transfer-print was part of a series of 12 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth. It imagines General Washington and Mary, his mother, strolling through a romanticized rural landscape.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-3.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-3A pin dating from around 1900 that features a portrait of George Washington from the chest up and wearing a red coat. The image is printed on paper or fabric and is covered by celluloid, with a metal, goldtone rim. The pin could be attached to a piece of clothing and has a bar for hanging a ribbon or pendant. The Washington image of has "PAT. W.& H. CO. / NEWARK, N.J." printed on either side.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-2.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-2Medal featuring a right-facing bust of Washington that was awarded by the New York State George Washington Bicentennial Commission “in appreciation of Services generously Rendered to the Commission During 1932.” The accompanying card is signed by Charles Tobin, the commission’s chairman.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/washingtoniana-objects-1.jpgwashingtoniana-objects-1Amber glass hatchet from either the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair or the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Made by the Libbey Glass Company at the World’s Fair Libbey Glass Demonstration Furnace where visitors could observe glass manufacture and then purchase the glass hatchets. They came in other colors such as opaque white, amethyst, green, and cobalt blue.2017-02-21T19:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/20/photos-washingtons-birthday-archaeology-day-2017/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-19.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-19Seeing a real Civil War cannon ball.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-18.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-18Can you guess what the artifact is?https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-17.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-17Theater scene in which a modern-day archaeologist travels back in time to question a Civil War soldier about his toothbrush.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-16.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-16Visitors learning how 18th century glues worked.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-15.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-15Muraca the Magnificent (Dave Muraca, director of archaeology) glues an 'artifact' together with some much needed help.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-14.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-14John Jeanes, project manager for the Washington house construction, discusses the project with visitors.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-13.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-13Chatting with George (Greg Fisher).https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-12.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-12Laura talks about all the wig curlers that have been excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-11.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-11Archaeology Dig Site tour with Laura Galke.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/birthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-10.jpgbirthday-and-archaeaology-day-2017-102017-02-20T21:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/17/photos-building-georges-house-windows-weatherboard/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-20.jpgwindows-weatherboard-20After all the windows and weatherboard were installed.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-19.jpgwindows-weatherboard-19Eventually, the house will be painted this color known as "Spanish brown."https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-18.jpgwindows-weatherboard-18https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-17.jpgwindows-weatherboard-17Weatherboard and the decorative rake board at the base of the roof beaded with dew. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-16.jpgwindows-weatherboard-16Completed weatherboard on the house's north side.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-15.jpgwindows-weatherboard-15Nail head in the weatherboard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-14.jpgwindows-weatherboard-14Carpenter Tom Rainey hammers a nail into the weatherboard.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-13.jpgwindows-weatherboard-13Close up of a hand-forged nail.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-12.jpgwindows-weatherboard-12A closer view of the weatherboard and a line of hand-forged nails.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/windows-weatherboard-11.jpgwindows-weatherboard-11North side of the house receives its weatherboard.2017-02-17T17:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/01/tales-of-a-patch-stand-and-a-porringer/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/porringer_lacma_51-28-1.jpg4x5 originalA silver porringer dating from 1742 and made in Boston by Samuel Gray II. Credit: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/porringer-handle-fragment.jpgporringer-handle-fragmentFragment of a ceramic porringer handle excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/patch-stand-profile.jpgpatch-stand-profileA profile view of one of the patch stand fragments.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/patch-stand-fragments.jpgpatch-stand-fragmentsFragments of the patch stand excavated at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/18th-century-patch-stand.jpg18th-century-patch-stand18th century pearlware blue and white patch stand. Credit: Woolley & Wallis.2017-02-15T16:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/15/five-notable-americans-named-george-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ussjeannette1.jpgussjeannettehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ferriswheel.jpgferriswheelhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/biltmoreestate1.jpgbiltmoreestatehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gwferris.jpggwferrishttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/georgewashingtondelong.jpggeorgewashingtondelonghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/georgewashingtoncrile.jpggeorgewashingtoncrilehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/georgewashingtoncarver.jpggeorgewashingtoncarverhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/georgevanderbiltii.jpggeorgevanderbiltii2017-02-15T16:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/13/video-building-georges-house-timber-framing/2017-02-13T15:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/10/photos-building-georges-house-shingling-the-roof/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling.jpgshinglinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-15.jpgshingling-15https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-14.jpgshingling-14https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-13.jpgshingling-13https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-12.jpgshingling-12https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-11.jpgshingling-11https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-10.jpgshingling-10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-9.jpgshingling-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-8.jpgshingling-8https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shingling-7.jpgshingling-72017-02-10T20:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/08/drink-your-vegetables-a-special-18th-century-wedgwood-ware/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/vegetable-ware-sherds.jpgvegetable-ware-sherdsVegetable ware sherds excavated at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/vegetable-ware-tea-canisters-1.jpgvegetable-ware-tea-canisters-1Ceramic vegetable ware tea canisters made at the Josiah Wedgwood's factory in England between 1754 and 1764. Credit: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.2017-02-08T16:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/02/06/video-building-georges-house-laying-the-stone-foundation/2017-02-06T16:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/01/25/a-time-to-be-born-a-time-to-plant-timing-labor-in-the-washington-family/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/an00162874_001_l.jpgan00162874_001_lAlthough from the l500s instead of the 1700s, this tambour cased timepiece from Germany is a fine example of a pocket watch with only an hour hand. Credit: British Museum, (No. 1958, 1201.2203)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ann-kings-birth-wicked-bible.jpgann-kings-birth-wicked-biblehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/johnandmarysarrettfamilybible-freepages-genealogy-rootsweb-ancestry-com.jpgjohnandmarysarrettfamilybible-freepages-genealogy-rootsweb-ancestry-comhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/washingtonbiblefrommv.jpgwashingtonbiblefrommv2017-01-25T20:20:28+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/01/23/video-the-gwf-in-2016/2017-01-23T18:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/01/19/we-want-to-hear-from-you/2017-01-19T16:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/01/10/photos-twelfth-night-at-kenmore-2017/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-10.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-9.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-8.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-8Rachel (left-Gladys Perkins) argues with Hetty (right-Ashleé James) about the future that war might bring for the enslaved community and if that future will include freedom.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-7.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-7https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-6.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-6Fredericksburg merchant Henry Mitchell (left-Preston Simms) laments to Pompy (right-Marcus Salley) about how his neighbors whisper about Mitchell's alleged loyalty to the crown.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-5.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-5Betty, Lucy, and Nancy talk in the Dining Room.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-4.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-4The Lewis Family sings a carol in the Dining Room.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-3.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-3Lucy Thorton Lewis (left-Sarah Hall) persuades Nancy Alexander Lewis (right-Corinn Keene), who is worried about the war, to rejoin the party.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-2.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-2Betty Washington Lewis (Barbara Cochran) welcomes her Twelfth Night guests and toasts the season while stepson John Lewis (Michael Taylor) looks on with a smile.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twelfth-night-2017-for-blog-1.jpgtwelfth-night-2017-for-blog-1Historic Kenmore in the snow on Saturday night.2017-01-10T21:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/01/02/henry-mitchell-a-loyalists-sacrifice/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mobbing-the-tories-from-charles-and-mary-beards-history-of-the-united-states.jpgmobbing-the-tories-from-charles-and-mary-beards-history-of-the-united-states"Mobbing the Tories" illustration in History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard, New York: McMillan, 1921https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/king-george-iii-of-england-by-johann-zoffany-1771.jpgking-george-iii-of-england-by-johann-zoffany-1771Portrait of George III of the United Kingdom (1771) by Johann Zoffany. Credit: Wikipedia/The Royal Collection.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/benjamin-franklins-join-or-die.jpgbenjamin-franklins-join-or-dieThis political cartoon from the a 1754 edition of The Pennsylvania gazette and believed to be created by Benjamin Franklin originally appeared during the French and Indian War, but was used again during the American Revolution. Credit: Library of Congress2017-01-01T23:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/23/photos-holiday-decorations-at-kenmore-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-9.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-8.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-8https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-7.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-7https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-6.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-5.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-5https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-4.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-4https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-3.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-2.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-1.jpg2016-washington-ferry-farm-decorations-for-blog-1https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-kenmore-decorations-for-blog-10.jpg2016-kenmore-decorations-for-blog-102016-12-21T19:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/28/photos-last-years-twelfth-night-at-kenmore/2016-12-20T19:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/20/yes-virginia-there-is-a-christmas-hedgehog/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hedgehog-3.jpghedgehog-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hedgehog-2.jpghedgehog-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hedgehog-1.jpghedgehog-12016-12-20T15:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/15/meet-the-lewis-family-john-and-fielding-jr/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/john-lewis-c-1775-by-charles-willson-peale.jpgjohn-lewis-c-1775-by-charles-willson-pealeJohn Lewis (c. 1775) by Charles Willson Pealehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/george-washington-c-1779-by-charles-willson-peale.jpggeorge-washington-c-1779-by-charles-willson-pealehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fielding-lewis-sr-1750s-by-john-wollaston.jpgfielding-lewis-sr-1750s-by-john-wollastonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fielding-lewis-jr-c-1775-by-charles-willson-peale.jpgfielding-lewis-jr-c-1775-by-charles-willson-pealeFielding Lewis Jr (c. 1775) by Charles Willson Peale2016-12-15T19:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/13/photos-30th-annual-gingerbread-contest-exhibit-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-21.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-21"Woodland Cabin" by Timothy Dodsonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-20.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-20"Woodland Home" by Rachel Fleminghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-19.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-19"Snoopy's Christmas" by Ryan Jacksonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-18.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-18"White Holiday Christmas" by Gloria Tignorhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-17.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-17"Welcome to Your Holiday Home" by CJ Crockerhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-16.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-16"First Snow on the Prairie" by Maggie Jacksonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-15.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-15"Pocket Farm" by Savannah Dodsonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-14.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-14"Home is Where the Heart Is" Daniel Jacksonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-13.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-13"Chistmas at the Pond" by Nick Baumgartuerhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/30th-gingerbead-contest-12.jpg30th-gingerbead-contest-12"1678" by Courtland High School German Program2016-12-14T20:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/14/photos-3rd-annual-a-wee-christmas-at-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-33.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-33https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-32.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-32"Country Store" - Peggy Seversonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-31.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-31"Painted Metal Nativity" from Mexico - Anna Jenningshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-30.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-30"British Soldiers" - Anna Jenningshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-29.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-29"Wooden Nativity" from Tanzania - Anna Jenningshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-27.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-27"Bamboo Nativity" from Taiwan - Anna Jenningshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-26.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-26"Flutterby Bakery" - Joanna Borgmanhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-25.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-25"Attic" - Joanna Borgmanhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-24.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-24"Library" - Julie Silvesterhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dollhouses-2016-for-blog-23.jpgdollhouses-2016-for-blog-23"1211 Prince Edward Street" - Allen Green III2016-12-14T20:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/09/mistletoe-more-than-christmas-kisses/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/the-mistletoe-bough-by-francis-wheatley.jpgthe-mistletoe-bough-by-francis-wheatleyThe Mistletoe Bough (c. 1790) by Francis Wheatley. Credit: Yale Center for British Art/Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/baldr-dead-by-eckersberg.jpgbaldr-dead-by-eckersbergBaldr's Death (1817) by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Credit: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts/Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/an-arch-druid-in-his-judicial-habit1.jpgan-arch-druid-in-his-judicial-habit Imaginative illustration of 'An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit' from The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands by S.R. Meyrick and C.H. Smith (1815) Credit: Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mistletoe-in-tree.jpgmistletoe-in-treeMistletoe in a tree. Credit: Feťour/Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/american-mistletoe-ngm-xxxi-p514.jpgamerican-mistletoe-ngm-xxxi-p514American Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) by Mary E. Eaton in "Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths", The National Geographic Magazine, XXXI (June 1917), p. 514. Credit: Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mistletoe-on-kenmores-drawing-room-ceiling.jpgmistletoe-on-kenmores-drawing-room-ceilinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kenmore-greenery-2.jpgkenmore-greenery-2A replica Westerwald jug containing holiday greenery inside Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kenmore-greenery-1.jpgkenmore-greenery-1Greenery along the banister in the Passage at Kenmore.2016-12-09T21:36:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/07/video-building-georges-house-timber-framing-in-the-shop/2016-12-07T15:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/12/01/photos-building-georges-house-east-chimney/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-17.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-17https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-16.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-16https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-15.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-15https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-14.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-14https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-13.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-13https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-12.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-12https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-111.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-11https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-10.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-9.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/building-the-east-chimney-8.jpgbuilding-the-east-chimney-82016-12-01T16:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/11/29/thirty-years-of-gingerbread/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2001-5.jpg2001-5https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2001-4.jpg2001-4https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2001-3.jpg2001-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2001-2.jpg2001-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2001-1.jpg2001-1Some entries, including this gingerbread version of Kenmore, from 2001.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1993-3.jpg1993-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1993-4.jpg1993-4https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1993-2.jpg1993-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1993-1.jpg1993-1A few entries from 1993.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1997-1.jpg1997-12016-11-29T15:14:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/11/16/inside-the-archaeology-lab-putting-artifacts-on-exhibit/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ointment-pot.jpgointment-pothttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lid.jpglidhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vessel-209-pot-lid-recto-before-treatment.jpgvessel-209-pot-lid-recto-before-treatmenthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/white-salt-glaze-artifacts-on-table.jpgwhite-salt-glaze-artifacts-on-tablehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/database.jpgdatabasehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/white-salt-glaze-fruit-dish.jpgwhite-salt-glaze-fruit-dish2016-11-15T17:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/11/10/digging-up-a-card-table/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hogarths-wanstead-house.jpghogarths-wanstead-househttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cardtable-hinge-on-table.jpgcardtable-hinge-on-tablehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/card-table-hinge.jpgcard-table-hinge2016-11-09T15:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/11/07/video-building-georges-house-timber-frame-timelapse/2016-11-07T21:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/11/03/a-reflection-on-lighting-in-the-18th-century/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/candelabrum.jpgcandelabrumhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/push-up-candlestick.jpgpush-up-candlestickhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/night-at-kenmore.jpgnight-at-kenmore2016-11-01T15:37:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/31/cunning-folk-and-conjurors-folk-magic-in-colonial-virginia/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/whole-oyster-shells-1.jpgwhole-oyster-shells-1https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carnelian-bead-06.jpgcarnelian-bead-06https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carnelian-bead-05.jpgcarnelian-bead-05https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carnelian-bead-04.jpgcarnelian-bead-04https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carnelian-bead-03.jpgcarnelian-bead-03https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carnelian-bead-02.jpgcarnelian-bead-02https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carnelian-bead-01.jpgcarnelian-bead-01https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/amulet.jpgD2010-BTL-0504-1084SCMS2004.14; Witchcraft Amulet; 18th c. ?2016-10-31T13:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/09/samuel-washington-georges-brother-and-wartime-confidant/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/harewood.jpgharewoodhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/augustine-washington-family-tree.jpgaugustine-washington-family-tree2016-10-31T13:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/24/photos-kenmore-behind-the-scenes-tours/2016-10-24T14:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/21/photos-thank-you-volunteers/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-12.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-12https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-11.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-11Foundation volunteers sign and date shingles that will be added to the roof of the Washington house.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-10.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-10Ben Wafle, board chairman and trustee, expresses his thanks to the Foundation's volunteers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-9.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-8.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-8Bill Garner, president of The George Washington Foundation, thanks all of our volunteers and updates them on the progress of the Washington house interpretive replica.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-7.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-7Susan Sherman, manager of special events, volunteer and community programs, thanks everyone for attending and for another year of hard work.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-6.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-6Enjoying refreshments.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-5.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-5Volunteers and staff visiting together before the reception program began.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-4.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-4The reception took place under Ferry Farm's Great Oak Pavilion on a beautiful fall day!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteer-reception-2016-3.jpgvolunteer-reception-2016-32016-10-21T15:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/19/ten-well-known-visitors-to-historic-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/houdons-george-washington2.jpghoudons-george-washingtonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sol-bloom-portrait1.jpgsol-bloom-portraithttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/louise-du-pont-crowninshield1.jpglouise-du-pont-crowninshieldhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lou-hoover-portrait1.jpglou-hoover-portraitLou Hoover. Credit: Library of Congress / Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lou-hoover-letter1.jpglou-hoover-letterLetter to Mrs. Hoover to thank her for visiting Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/elizabeth-monroe1.jpgelizabeth-monroehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eleanor-roosevelt-portrait1.jpgeleanor-roosevelt-portraithttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/edith-wilson1.jpgedith-wilsonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/calvin-coolidge1.jpgcalvin-coolidgehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bess-truman1.jpgbess-truman2016-10-19T20:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/17/photos-building-georges-house-timber-framing-finished/2016-10-17T16:06:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/14/ten-cool-but-rarely-exhibited-artifacts-found-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wine-bottle-seal.jpgwine-bottle-sealhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/toy-hatchet.jpgtoy-hatchethttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/teaspoon-fragment-with-betty-initials-1.jpgteaspoon-fragment-with-betty-initials-1https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tambour-hook.jpgtambour-hookhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/punchbowl.jpgpunchbowlhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lead-whistle.jpglead-whistlehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/joseph-bottle-fragment.jpgjoseph-bottle-fragmenthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/darning-egg.jpgdarning-egghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/chunkey-stone.jpgchunkey-stonehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bartmann-bottle-1.jpgbartmann-bottle-12016-10-14T15:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/12/ten-rarely-displayed-objects-from-kenmores-collection/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/robe-c3a0-la-franc3a7aise-block-printed-cotton-c-1770.jpgrobe-a-la-francaise-block-printed-cotton-c-1770https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/view-of-london.jpgview-of-londonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sampler.jpgsamplerhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/overdress-and-petticoat.jpgoverdress-and-petticoathttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/new-and-exact-map-of-the-dominions.jpgnew-and-exact-map-of-the-dominionshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mary-washington-monument-stone.jpgmary-washington-monument-stonehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/marrow-spoon.jpgmarrow-spoonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/iliad.jpgiliadhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gentlemans-magazine.jpggentlemans-magazinehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/empire-dress.jpgempire-dress2016-10-12T19:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/10/video-william-key-howard-jr-saving-kenmores-ceilings/2016-10-10T16:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/04/a-silly-bauble-ferry-farms-sputnik-moment/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/childs-drawing-2.jpgchilds-drawing-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/childs-drawing-1.jpgchilds-drawing-1https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sputnik-ring-3.gifsputnik-ring-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sputnik-ring-2.jpgsputnik-ring-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/awake-at-last.jpgawake-at-lasthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sputnik.jpgsputnikCamera: DCS420A Serial #: 420-2040 Width: 1524 Height: 1012 Date: 11/24/97 Time: 11:39:45 DCS4XX Image FW Ver: 081596 TIFF Image Look: Product ---------------------- Counter: [88] ISO: 100 Aperture: F2.8 Shutter: 60 Lens (mm): 28 Exposure: M Program: Po Exp Comp: 0.0 Meter area: Mtrx Flash sync: Norm Drive mode: S Focus mode: S Focus area: Wide Distance: 3.4m2016-10-04T20:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/10/03/video-building-georges-house-lime-rick-burn/2016-10-03T19:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/28/the-man-on-the-ceiling-neoclassical-decorating-at-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/richelieu-apollo.jpgrichelieu-apollohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/raleigh-tavern.jpgraleigh-tavernhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pillars-of-hercules.jpgpillars-of-herculeshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/chamber.jpgchamberhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/chamber-ceiling.jpgchamber-ceilinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/apollo-room.jpgapollo-roomhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/apollo-on-chamber-ceiling.jpgapollo-on-chamber-ceiling2016-09-28T18:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/26/photos-building-georges-house-lime-rick-burn/2016-09-25T20:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/19/video-building-georges-house-the-cornerstone/2016-09-19T20:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/21/paste-gems-its-the-real-thing-almost/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sfs-212-215-230.jpgsfs-212-215-230https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sf1971.jpgsf1971https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sf1948.jpgsf1948https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sf1947.jpgsf1947https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sf234.jpgsf234https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mans-shoe-buckles-c-1777-1785.jpgmans-shoe-buckles-c-1777-17852016-09-19T20:19:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/15/le-pouf-sensational-hairstyle-of-the-18th-century/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wig-hair-curlers.jpgwig-hair-curlershttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/satire-coiffure-belle-poule1.jpgsatire-coiffure-belle-pouleA satirical view of the "Coiffure à la Belle Poule." Public domain. Credit: Henri Moreau/Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coiffure-belle-poule-realistic.jpgcoiffure-belle-poule-realisticA realistic view of the "Coiffure à la Belle Poule." Public domain. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France/Wikipedia.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/marie-antoinette-1775.jpgmarie-antoinette-1775Portrait of Marie Antoinette (c. 1775) probably by Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty. Public domain. Credit: Musée Antoine-Lécuyer/Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/maria-amalie-auguste1.jpgmaria-amalie-augustePortrait of Maria Amalie Auguste of Saxony in Polish costume (1780) by Heinrich Carl Brandt. Public domain. Credit: Royal Castle in Warsaw/Wikipedia.2016-09-15T18:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/09/13/photos-building-georges-house-first-week-of-timber-framing/2016-09-13T16:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/25/in-memory-of-mother-washington/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016marywashingtonmounment2.jpg2016MaryWashingtonMounmenthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hemlock-in-kc3b6hlers-medizinal-pflanzen1.jpgHemlock in Köhler's Medizinal Pflanzenhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1903marywashingtonmonument-copy1.jpg1903MaryWashingtonMonument copy2016-08-24T19:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/10/show-horse-how-colonial-horse-and-rider-looked-their-best/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ferry-farm-horse-artifacts-11.jpgFerry Farm Horse Artifacts (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/washington-before-yorktown-by-rembrandt-peale-18231.jpegWashington Before Yorktown by Rembrandt Peale (1823)"Washington Before Yorktown" by Rembrandt Peale (1823) Public domain. Courtesy: The Athenaeum/Wikipediahttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ferry-farm-horse-artifacts-3.jpgFerry Farm Horse Artifacts (3)Copper naturally repels the bacteria that break down organic materials such as leather. These mid-to-late 1700s Washington family ornaments have actually preserved a small portion of the original leather straps they adorned.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ferry-farm-horse-artifacts-2.jpgFerry Farm Horse Artifacts (2)This copper-alloy mount dates from the mid-to-late 1700s.2016-08-18T17:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/18/george-washington-my-grandfather-and-the-noble-art-of-fencing/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ferry-farm-sword-fragment.jpgFerry Farm Sword Fragmenthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/george-washington-by-gilbert-stuart-sword1.jpgGeorge Washington by Gilbert Stuart Swordhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/george-washington-by-gilbert-stuard1.jpgGeorge Washington by Gilbert Stuardhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/foil1.jpgFoilhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/maras-grandfather.jpgMara's Grandfather2016-08-18T17:28:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/16/photos-the-taming-of-the-shrew-at-kenmores-shakespeare-by-candlelight/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taming-of-the-shrew-1.jpgTaming of the Shrew (1)2016-08-16T18:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/03/bartmann-bottle-the-coolest-thing-weve-ever-found/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bartmann-bottle-3.jpgBartmann Bottle (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bartmann-bottle-2.jpgBartmann Bottle (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bartmann-bottle-1.jpgBartmann Bottle (1)2016-08-10T15:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/08/08/video-building-georges-house-making-the-foundation-stones/2016-08-08T13:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/07/28/shakespeares-comedies-in-colonial-america/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/first-quarto-title-page-of-the-taming-of-the-shrew.jpgFirst Quarto title page of The Taming of the Shrewhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/washington-allston-american-scene-from-shakespeares-the-taming-of-the-shrew-katharina_and_petruchio.jpgWashington Allston, American - Scene from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (Katharina_and_Petruchio)2016-07-27T19:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/07/25/video-building-georges-house-the-concrete-cradle/2016-07-25T14:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/07/20/our-ever-evolving-relationship-with-plants/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/staghorn-sumac.jpgStaghorn Sumachttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/onion-grass.jpgOnion Grasshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mullein.jpgMulleinhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/eastern-red-cedar.jpgEastern Red Cedar2016-07-20T19:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/07/13/video-drawing-room-carpet/2016-07-13T22:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/07/08/photos-the-fourth-of-july-at-ferry-farm-2016/2016-07-07T16:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/07/06/introducing-the-new-george-washingtons-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/chapman-overlay-blog.jpgchapman-overlay-bloghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wash-house-front-elevation-blog.jpgWash-House-Front-Elevation-bloghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/washington-house-interior-blog.jpgWashington-House-Interior-blog2016-07-06T19:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/06/29/shews-games-sports-guns-bells-bonfires-and-illuminations-celebrating-independence/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/johannes_adam_simon_oertel_pulling_down_the_statue_of_king_george_iii_n-y-c-_ca-_1859.jpgJohannes_Adam_Simon_Oertel_Pulling_Down_the_Statue_of_King_George_III,_N.Y.C._ca._1859Johannes Adam Simon Oertel. Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, N.Y C. ca. 1859. Oil on canvas. Artist Johannes A. S. Oertel, working in the mid-nineteenth century, provides an imagined depiction of the destruction of George III's statue in Bowling Green, the first victim of New Yorkers' reaction to hearing news of the Declaration of Independence. Oertel places women, children and Native Americans among what eyewitnesses recorded as a rowdy crowd of soldiers and civilians. No true image of the statue itself survives. However, contemporary descriptions inform us that the King was sculpted in Roman garb, not the eighteenth-century royal dress shown in the painting. More accurate is the view of the statue reconstructed by Charles M. Lefferts at right.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/july-4-2015-16.jpgJuly-4-2015 (16)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/july-4-2015-13.jpgJuly-4-2015 (13)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/july-4-2015-5.jpgJuly-4-2015 (5)2016-06-29T14:57:25+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/06/23/summer-greens-from-the-colonial-garden/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/garden-1.jpgGarden (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gardenthings2.jpgGardenThings2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ferry-farm-nature-walk-1.jpgFerry Farm Nature Walk (1)Cherries on the cherry trees in the Demonstration Garden. 2016-06-23T15:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/06/15/photos-hamlet-at-kenmores-shakespeare-on-the-lawn/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hamlet-26.jpgHamlet (26)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hamlet-1.jpgHamlet (1)2016-06-15T20:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/06/13/video-picnicking-with-washington/2016-06-13T17:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/06/01/dined-at-the-barbicue-washington-goes-picnicking/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/george-morlands-the-anglers-repast.jpgGeorge Morland's The Anglers' RepastThis painting shows chairs being provided for the ladies to use during lunch on a fishing trip. The Anglers' Repast (1789) by George Morland, 1763–1804, British, Oil on canvas. Public domain. Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gw-bbq-diary-entry-2.jpgGW BBQ Diary Entry (2)2016-06-01T16:25:44+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/06/08/fredericksburgs-june-fair/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/washington-virginia-gazette-ad1-e1464796268884.jpgWashington Virginia Gazette Adhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/covent-garden-market2.jpgCovent Garden MarketPieter Angillis, 1685–1734, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1715), Covent Garden, ca. 1726, Oil on copper. Pubic domain. Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection2016-06-01T16:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/30/the-monuments-men-of-world-war-ii-come-to-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/keck_sheldon1.jpgkeck_sheldonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fielding-lewis.jpgFielding Lewishttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ms-1782057.jpgLetter from Russell Quandt to Mrs. Robert A. Adams, February 5, 1957, asking the painting be ready for him to examine during a trip through Fredericksburg. Kenmore Manuscript Collection.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stout-ghent.jpgStout Ghenthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/george-stout.jpgSt. George Stout, U.S.N.R.Lieutenant George Stout, U.S. First Army and U.S. Twelfth Army Group. Age: 47. Born: Winterset, Iowa. A towering figure in the then obscure field of art conservation, Stout was one of the first people in America to understand the Nazi threat to the cultural patrimony of Europe and pushed the museum community and the army toward establishing a professional art conservation corps. As a field officer, he was the go-to expert for all the other Monuments Men in northern Europe and their indispensable role model and friend. Dapper and well-mannered, with a fastidiousness and thoroughness that shone in the field, Stout, a veteran of World War I, left behind a wife, Margie, and a young son. His oldest son served in the U.S. Navy. Walter Hanncock Collection, courtesy of the Monuments Men Foundation2016-05-27T15:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/25/to-see-or-not-to-see-portraying-hamlet-in-the-18th-century/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/company-of-comedians-va-gazette.jpgCompany of Comedians - Va Gazettehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sarah-siddons.jpgSarah SiddonsPortrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/hamlet-poster.jpgHamlet Posterhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/garrick-as-hamlet.jpgGarrick as HamletEtching of David Garrick in Hamlet from Dramatic Characters, or Different Portraits of the English Stage, 1773. Public Domain. Credit: Wikipedia2016-05-25T20:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/23/may-flowers/2016-05-20T14:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/19/keeping-secrets-18th-century-style/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/secret-compartments-5.jpgSecret Compartments (5)Drawers with the shopkeeper's markings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/secret-compartments-4.jpgSecret Compartments (4)The bookcase-on-desk in Fielding's Office.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/secret-compartments-3.jpgSecret Compartments (3)While not a true secret compartment, one drawer of the desk is somewhat camouflaged.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/secret-compartments-2.jpgSecret Compartments (2)Betty's desk has numerous cubby holes and drawers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/secret-compartments-1.jpgSecret Compartments (1)Betty's desk in the Chamber at Kenmore.2016-05-19T14:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/17/video-inside-the-archaeology-lab-mending-with-archival-glue/2016-05-17T16:17:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/11/drinking-vessels-and-their-drinks/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/drinking-vessels-3.jpgDrinking Vessels (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/drinking-vessels-1.jpgDrinking Vessels (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/drinking-vessels-2.jpgDrinking Vessels (2)2016-05-11T14:31:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/05/apple-cedar-rust-what-on-earth-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/apple-cedar-rust-3.jpgApple Cedar Rust (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/apple-cedar-rust-1.jpgApple Cedar Rust (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/apple-cedar-rust-5.jpgApple Cedar Rust (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/apple-cedar-rust-4.jpgApple Cedar Rust (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/apple-cedar-rust-2.jpgApple Cedar Rust (2)2016-05-05T13:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/05/02/video-inside-the-archaeology-lab-vesselization/2016-05-02T17:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/27/with-double-its-weight-of-vermin-bugs-in-georges-bed/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/glasses-art-of-cookery-frontispiece.jpgGlasse's 'Art of Cookery' frontispiecehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/louse.jpgLouseA louse as depicted in Hooke's "Micrographia." Credit: National Library of Wales. Public Domain.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flea.jpgFleaA flea viewed through a microscope and drawn by Robert Hooke for his "Micrographia or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon" (1655). Credit: National Library of Wales. Public Domain.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chamber-3.jpgChamber (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chamber-2.jpgChamber (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chamber-1.jpgChamber (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bed-bug.jpgBed BugBedbug. Courtesy of CDC/ Harvard University, Dr. Gary Alpert; Dr. Harold Harlan; Richard Pollack. Photo Credit: Piotr Naskrecki2016-04-27T14:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/20/restoring-kenmores-gardens/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-11.jpgKenmore's Gardens 11https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-10.jpgKenmore's Gardens 10https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-9.jpgKenmore's Gardens 9https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-8.jpgKenmore's Gardens 8https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-7.jpgKenmore's Gardens 7https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-6.jpgKenmore's Gardens 6https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-5.jpgKenmore's Gardens 5https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-4.jpgKenmore's Gardens 4https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-3.jpgKenmore's Gardens 3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmores-gardens-2.jpgKenmore's Gardens 22016-04-20T19:12:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/18/video-arbor-day-celebration/2016-04-18T15:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/23/shakespeare-day-in-virginia/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/title-page-shakespeares-first-folio-1623.jpgTitle page Shakespeare's First Folio 1623Title page of the First Folio, by William Shakespeare, with copper engraving of the author by Martin Droeshout. Image courtesy of the Elizabethan Club and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University2016-04-15T14:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/14/some-tax-myths-busted/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/boston-tea-party-cooper.jpgBoston Tea Party - Cooper"Americans throwing Cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River, at Boston," engraving by W.D. Cooper in The History of North America. London: E. Newbury, 1789. Credit: Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commonshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a-vision-of-the-repeal-of-the-window-tax-wellcome-m0012506.jpgA Vision of the Repeal of the Window Tax. Wellcome M0012506This cartoon from an 1850 edition of the British satircal magazine Punch advocated for the repeal of the window tax. Indeed, repeal finally took place in July 1851. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bricked-up-windows.jpgBricked Up Windows2016-04-13T18:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/12/photos-glue-through-a-microscope/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/punch-bowl-microscopic-photos-5.jpgPunch Bowl Microscopic Photos (5)The microscopic view even revealed the brush strokes made by the artist who hand pained the decoration onto the bowl.2016-04-12T16:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/02/03/washington-birthday-wishes/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ms-1738-2.jpgms 1738-2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ms-17411.jpgms 1741https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ms-17401.jpgms 1740https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ms-1739-31.jpgms 1739-3https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ms-17371.jpgms 1737https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gw_birthday-zac-5.jpgVisitors even made birthday cards for George!2016-04-12T14:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/17/the-truth-as-we-know-it/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/oralhistoryflier.pngOralHistoryFlier2016-04-12T14:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/01/06/glue-the-coolest-thing-ive-ever-found/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/interior-glue-copy.jpginterior-glue copyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cherry-sherds.jpgcherry-sherdshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/punchbowl.jpgPunchBowl2016-04-11T13:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/04/24/the-science-of-history-experimental-archaeology-colonial-cheese-glue/2016-04-11T13:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/06/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-broken-things-cobalt-blue-decanter-stopper/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmore-decanter-1.jpgKenmore Decanter (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kenmore-decanter-2.jpgKenmore Decanter (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cobalt-stopper.jpgCobalt Stopper2016-04-06T15:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/04/04/video-uv-light-in-museums/2016-04-04T13:18:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/30/lives-legacies-the-exhibit/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_00432016-03-30T16:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/28/photos-its-spring-lets-dig/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-23.jpgDig Site Opens (23)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-22.jpgDig Site Opens (22)Documenting the work is crucial to excavating properly.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-21.jpgDig Site Opens (21)Scraping dirt into a dust pan to be screened.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-20.jpgDig Site Opens (20)Dig, dig, dig.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-19.jpgDig Site Opens (19)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-18.jpgDig Site Opens (18)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-17.jpgDig Site Opens (17)Brooms and buckets.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-16.jpgDig Site Opens (16)Rooting out the artifactshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-15.jpgDig Site Opens (15)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dig-site-opens-14.jpgDig Site Opens (14)2016-03-28T16:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/23/between-the-lines-teasing-out-tames-story/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ff20-325-1-2590-wick-trimmer.jpgFF20-325-1-2590-Wick Trimmerhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ff10-95-2-cowry.jpgFF10-95-2.CowryRecent research shows cowry shells were used as currency as part of the slave trade. The modifications to our cowries facilitate stringing them into groups of 40. These shells, originally from the east Indian Ocean, traveled to Virginia with their enslaved owners. Evoking memories of their African homeland and heritage, such familiar emblems helped comfort those who remembered a life of freedom and helped them to maintain elements of their culture.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ff08_94-5-wick_trimmer.jpgFF08_94-5-Wick_TrimmerTo burn efficiently and ensure a clean flame, the cotton wicks of candles needed to be trimmed frequently. This tool, known as a wick trimmer (above and below), was used for this purpose. Due to the mundane and constant nature of the task, household slaves were often charged with maintaining candle wicks.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/enslavedhoe1087.jpgEnslavedHoe10872016-03-23T19:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/21/video-how-to-play-whist/2016-03-21T14:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/14/photos-posh-pots-and-decadent-dishes/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-12.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (12)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-11.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (11)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-10.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-9.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-8.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-7.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (7)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-6.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-5.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-4.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ceramics-at-kenmore-3.jpgCeramics at Kenmore (3)2016-03-14T19:57:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/09/petticoats-and-pink-lightning/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pink-lightning-2.jpgPink Lightning 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pink-lightning-1.jpgPink Lightning 1https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/shoes-2.jpgShoes (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/shoes-1.jpgShoes (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/busk-board-4.jpgBusk Board (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/busk-board-3.jpgBusk Board (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/busk-board-2.jpgBusk Board (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/busk-board-11.jpgBusk Board (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/busk-board-1.jpgBusk Board (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/petticoat-3.jpgPetticoat (3)2016-03-09T16:30:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/03/07/video-inside-the-archaeology-lab-labeling-artifacts/2016-03-07T17:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/02/25/how-washington-relaxed-a-short-history-of-playing-cards/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hoyle.pngHoylehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/royalcards.pngRoyalCardshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gaming-table-1.jpgGaming Table (1)The walnut gaming table in Historic Kenmore's drawing room was made in England around the year 1760. The table top is covered in green baize (felted wool, similar to what you find on modern billiards tables) with wells to hold gaming chips and “turrets” at the corners to hold candlesticks.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/suits.pngSuitshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gaming-table-2.jpgGaming Table (2)The table has a possible connection to the Washington family, in that it might have descended through George Washington’s younger brother Charles’s family. That connection is still the subject of research, and it may be a while before we are able to conclusively prove or disprove that provenance.2016-02-29T13:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/02/22/video-the-colonial-kitchen-drinking-chocolate/2016-02-22T15:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/02/11/sweet-toothed-colonials-their-chocolate/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-mill.jpgChocolate Millhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-cup-e1455226420637.jpgChocolate CupFragments of a porcelain chocolate cup made in the mid-1700s, decorated in the Imari palette design, and recovered during an archaeological excavation at Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/betty-orders-chocolate1.jpgBetty Orders Chocolatehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-ingredients.jpgChocolate Ingredientshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-pots-2.jpgChocolate Pots 2This cooper chocolate pot features a wooden handle, "Goose neck" spout with split tip, a hinged lid with inverted acorn-shaped knob, and a tinned interior.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-pots-1.jpgChocolate Pots 1Two 18th century chocolate pots in the collection at Historic Kenmore.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-pots-7.jpgChocolate Pots 7The maker's mark on the ceramic pot is sword-shaped in underglaze blue on the underside of pot.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-pots-5.jpgChocolate Pots 5The pot was made around 1770 at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin, Germany.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-pots-3.jpgChocolate Pots 3This cooper chocolate pot was made sometime between 1750-1770 in England or America.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chocolate-pots-4.jpgChocolate Pots 4This ceramic chocolate pot features a porcelain pot and lid decorated with an overglaze floral design in rose, orange, yellow and green.2016-02-11T21:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/02/09/video-tricks-of-the-trade-archaeology-lab-edition/2016-02-09T15:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/02/01/video-george-washingtons-birthday-at-ferry-farm/2016-02-01T16:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/01/20/masonic-pipe-in-3d/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/139_masonic_pipe_no_scale.gif139_Masonic_pipe_NO_SCALEhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vivian.jpgVivianhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lauren.jpgLaurenhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/scanning.jpgScanning2016-01-21T17:28:21+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/01/13/payment-tokens-of-a-different-kind/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tokens-3.jpgTokens (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tokens-2.jpgTokens (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tokens-1.jpgTokens (1)2016-01-13T19:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/01/11/photos-twelfth-night-at-kenmore-2016/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-181.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 18https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-19.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 19https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-07.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 07The Lewis family and guests sing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-15.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 15Sausage cooking over the fire in the kitchen.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-06.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 06Betty Washington Lewis (L-Barbara Cochran) and Nancy Alexander Lewis (R-Corinn Keene) determine to smile through the troubles of war.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-14.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 14Wassail in a punch bowl.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-03.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 03George Weedon (L-Rae Ehlen) and Fielding Lewis (R-John Hollinger) lament the burning of Norfolk and Dunmore's Proclamation.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-01.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 01Kenmore is ready for the party.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-11.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 11George Weedon explains to Captain Richard Taylor (Sam Fulton) why horse racing ought to be banned during the war.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/twelfth-night-2016-12.jpgTwelfth Night 2016 12Captain Taylor, John Lewis (Mike Taylor), and George Lewis play cards.2016-01-11T19:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2016/01/04/photos-last-years-twelfth-night/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/violin-5.jpgViolin (5)Two-hundred-year-old violin on display in Kenmore's dining roomhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/violin-4.jpgViolin (4)Violin is on loan by Wayne A. Hill, Violinist/Composerhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/violin-3.jpgViolin (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019George Weedon (Sam Fulton) and Fielding Lewis (John Hollinger) remark upon the Christmas decorations.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0077.jpgDSC_0077Rachel (Gladys Perkins), enslaved cook, and Hetty (Ashlee James), enslaved washerwoman and house servant, ponder the future.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/violin-1.jpgViolin (1)Two-hundred-year-old violin on display in Kenmore's dining room.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/violin-2.jpgViolin (2)2015-12-30T19:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/31/top-5-lives-legacies-posts-of-2015/2015-12-29T21:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/29/video-twelfth-night-at-kenmore-a-preview/2015-12-29T18:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/21/photos-christmas-decorations-at-ferry-farm-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-15.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (15)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-19.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (19)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-17.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (17)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-3.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-13.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (13)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-6.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (6)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-2.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-14.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (14)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-9.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (9)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-christmas-decorations-22.jpg2015 Christmas Decorations (22)2015-12-18T19:37:36+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/10/a-secret-society-and-a-historical-mystery/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mystery-sherds.jpgMystery Sherdshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/joseph-highmores-a-club-of-gentlemen.jpgJoseph Highmore's A Club of Gentlemenhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/crest-01.jpgCrest 012015-12-15T18:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/16/a-christmas-of-uncertainty-december-1775/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lord-dunmore.jpgLord Dunmorehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dunmoresproclamation.jpgDunmoresProclamationhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kenmore-in-snow.jpgKenmore in Snow2015-12-15T15:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/14/video-historic-kenmores-dining-room-table/2015-12-14T18:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/09/photos-2nd-annual-a-wee-christmas-at-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-42.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (42)"Santa's Slumber" submitted by Jessica Waltzhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-43.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (43)"Lost But Not Forgotten" submitted by James Opher is a diorama of a Japanese castle.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-41.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (41)"Santa's Workshop" submitted by Peggy Seversonhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-26.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (26)"Georgian Court" submitted by 8-year-old collector Elizabeth Harding, who was given the house by her mother.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-22.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (22)"The Apple Blossom" submitted by David Budinger is the childhood dollhouse of Kenmore's Curator Meghan Budinger.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-5.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-19.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (19)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-17.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (17)"Bartlett House" submitted by Katherine S. Opdycke.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-31.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (31)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-wee-christmas-blog-33.jpg2015 Wee Christmas - Blog (33)2015-12-09T18:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/08/photos-29th-annual-gingerbread-house-contest-at-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-17.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (17)"Schlaf gut, Geroge! (Sleep well, George!)" by Chancellor Middle School German Classhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-6.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (6)"George Washington's Birthplace" by Rachel Boscohttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-16.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (16)"Hoovervilles" by Post Oak Middle School German Clubhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-25.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (25)"RACSB, RAAI Gingerbread House"https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-19.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (19)"Martha & George in Love" by Courtland High School German Club depicts the Longfellow House.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-26.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (26)"Washington Headquarters, Longfellow House" by Nancy Rowlandhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-21.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (21)"George Washington Surveying Natural Bridge" by Mr. & Mrs. John Simmershttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-23.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (23)"Washington's Revolutionary War Headquarters" by Carrie Gonzalez and Shelley Brosius depicts the Ford Mansion in Morristown, NJhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-2.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (2)All the gingerbread creations make the museum gallery smell delicious!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-gingerbread-contest-blog-22.jpg2015 Gingerbread Contest - Blog (22)George with his surveying equipment2015-12-09T18:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/09/fall-at-ferry-farm/2015-12-02T15:54:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/12/02/tallio-fox-hunting-at-christmas/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fox-in-kemore-2.jpgFox in Kemore 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fox-crow-overmantle-2.jpgFox Crow Overmantle (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fox-crow-overmantle-1.jpgFox Crow Overmantle (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/talliocufflinks.jpgTallioCufflinks2015-12-02T14:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/23/video-experimental-archaeology-stone-tool-making/2015-11-23T14:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/18/thanksgiving-in-george-washingtons-virginia/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-first-thanksgiving1.jpgThe First Thanksgivinghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/washington-thanksgiving-proclamation-l.jpgPortraitPortrait2015-11-18T20:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/16/photos-night-in-washingtons-day-at-historic-kenmore/2015-11-16T16:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/11/george-washington-slept-here-twice/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hogarths-night.jpgHogarth's Nighthttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/watching-the-fire.jpgWatching the Fire2015-11-11T18:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/05/a-link-between-the-washingtons-and-william-and-mary/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/william-iii-sleeve-link.jpgWilliam III sleeve linkClose-up of a mid-1700s sleeve link recovered at Ferry Farm. It features the image of King William III.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/william-iii-coin.jpgWilliam III coin2015-11-05T14:40:09+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/04/history-in-the-night-sky/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/night-at-kenmore1.jpgNight at Kenmorehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/light-pollution.jpgLight pollutionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/great-bear-big-dipper.pngGreat Bear Big Dipper2015-11-04T16:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/11/02/the-colonial-kitchen-an-orange-fool/2015-11-02T14:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/10/28/kenmores-famed-gingerbread/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dromedary-ad.pngDromedary Adhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gingerbread-2.jpgGingerbread (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gingerbread-1.jpgGingerbread (1)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/new-kitchen-exhibit-31.jpgNew Kitchen Exhibit (3)2015-10-28T19:00:13+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/10/13/photos-fieldings-story-a-gentlemans-sacrifice/2015-10-13T14:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/10/07/in-search-of-marys-mug/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/child-mugs-0.jpgChild Mugs (0)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/child-mugs-3.jpgChild Mugs (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/child-mugs-2.jpgChild Mugs (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/child-mugs-1.jpgChild Mugs (1)2015-10-08T17:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/10/06/a-colonial-wedding/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/3a07355r.jpgAn imagining of the "Wedding of George Washington and Martha Custis." Lithograph from Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Paris: Lemercier, c1853.2015-10-05T20:47:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/10/05/video-the-science-of-history-experimental-archaeology-earth-oven-cooking/2015-10-05T16:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/30/being-part-of-the-story-collecting-oral-histories-about-ferry-farm-and-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/heart-and-hatchet.jpgHeart and Hatchethttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/colberthouse.jpgColbertHousehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/boycherrytreesign.jpgBoyCherryTreeSign2015-09-30T19:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/23/where-did-the-fruit-come-from/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/orange.jpgOrangehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/exchange.jpgExchange2015-09-24T15:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/21/video-caring-for-historic-kenmore-winding-the-clock/2015-09-21T14:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/18/meet-the-lewis-family-george-lewis/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/washington-lafayette-valley-forge.jpgWashington Lafayette Valley Forgehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/marmion.jpgMarmionhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bed-and-desk.jpgBed and Desk2015-09-18T15:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/15/kenmores-kitchen-then-now/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pre-1862kitchen02.jpgpre-1862kitchen02https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ms-1687.jpgms 1687https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kitchen01.jpgKitchen012015-09-15T18:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/01/15/kenmores-new-beginning-how-the-ladies-of-the-kenmore-association-saved-the-lewis-family-home/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kenmores-new-beginning-3.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kenmores-new-beginning-2.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kenmores-new-beginning-1.jpg2015-09-15T16:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/10/after-digging-what-happens-in-the-archaeology-lab/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/intro-to-lab-3.jpgIntro to Lab (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/intro-to-lab-41.jpgIntro to Lab (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/intro-to-lab-2.jpgIntro to Lab (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/intro-to-lab-1.jpgIntro to Lab (1)2015-09-10T17:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/08/video-inside-the-archaeology-lab-cataloging-artifacts/2015-09-08T18:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/09/02/dental-care-in-early-america/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vagazette.jpgVaGazettePage 3 of the January 2, 1772 edition of The Virginia Gazette. Baker's ad is near the top of the far right column.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ff-toothbrush-heads.jpgFF Toothbrush Headshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ff-tooth-2.jpgFF Tooth 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ff-tooth-1.jpgFF Tooth 12015-09-02T15:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/31/photos-hummingbirds/2015-08-31T14:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/26/fine-and-fashionable-fruit-dishes/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fruit-dish-2.jpgFruit Dish 2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fruit-dish-1.jpgFruit Dish 12015-08-26T15:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/24/video-a-busy-morning-at-kenmore/2015-08-24T15:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/21/the-atlantic-world-in-fielding-lewiss-library/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chetwood-title-page.jpgChetwood-title-page2015-08-21T15:46:14+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/19/the-voyage-of-the-stanton/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/western-atlantic-map-1750.jpgWestern Atlantic Map 1750https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shipping_1750_1800.pngshipping_1750_1800https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/map-of-the-stantons-voyage.jpgMap of the Stanton's Voyagehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lady_washington_commencement_bay2.jpgLady_Washington_Commencement_Bay2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lady_washington_2007.jpgLady_Washington_20072015-08-20T12:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/17/photos-shakespeares-cymbeline-by-candlelight/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-14.jpgCymbeline (14)Curtain callhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-13.jpgCymbeline (13)Posthumus spares the life of Iachimo.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-12.jpgCymbeline (12)Jupiter (Mark Wright) grants Posthumus his life back and the restoration of his relationship with Imogen.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-11.jpgCymbeline (11)Posthumus being visited by his ancestors.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-10.jpgCymbeline (10)Imogen unknowingly meets her long-lost brothers.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-9.jpgCymbeline (9)Pisanio (Jacob Rupe) agrees to become Cloten's servant, so that he may spoil Cloten's plans.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-8.jpgCymbeline (8)Cymbeline, the king, recieves the Roman ambassador Lucius.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-7.jpgCymbeline (7)Cymbeline (Jonathan Price), The Queen, Cloten, and Lucius (Roodey Lablaze) discuss tensions with Rome.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-6.jpgCymbeline (6)Cloten (Mark Wright) plays the flute for Imogen, who he and his mother The Queens hope he can marry. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cymbeline-5.jpgCymbeline (5)Iachimo (Marcus Salley) tries and fails to seduce Imogen.2015-08-17T19:35:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/08/10/video-inside-the-archaeology-lab-washing-artifacts/2015-08-10T13:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/27/video-the-science-of-history-experimental-archaeology-stoneboiling/2015-07-27T20:09:18+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/22/why-did-the-chicken-eat-the-artifact/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gullet-stones-4.jpgGullet Stones (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gullet-stones-3.jpgGullet Stones (3)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gullet-stones-2.jpgGullet Stones (2)2015-07-22T15:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/20/photos-nature-walk-at-george-washingtons-ferry-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ferry-farm-nature-walk-17.jpgFerry Farm Nature Walk (17)Crown vetch2015-07-20T20:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/15/of-chamber-pots-and-close-stools/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/outhouse.jpgOuthousehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/chamber-pot.jpgChamber Pothttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/chamber-pot-in-chamber-text-arrow.jpgChamber Pot in Chamber text arrow2015-07-16T15:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/13/video-summer-in-the-garden/2015-07-13T16:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/08/photos-the-fourth-of-july-at-ferry-farm/2015-07-08T20:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/07/01/celebrate/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ff4th.jpgFF4THhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pageant-4.jpgPageant 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Lewis2015-06-10T19:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/06/05/meet-the-archaeologists/2015-06-05T18:49:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/06/03/king-lear-in-washingtons-day-part-1/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/king-lear-title-page.jpgKing Lear Title PageTitle page for M. William Shake-speare, his true chronicle historie of the life and death of King Lear, and his three daughters, 1608, by William Shakespearehttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/macbeth-2014.jpgMacbeth 20142015-06-03T15:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/05/27/coming-soon-william-shakespeares-king-lear/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/king-lear.jpgKing Lear2015-05-27T14:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/05/22/building-georges-house-the-foundation-stones-splitting-the-stone/2015-05-21T14:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/05/18/photos-our-urban-nature-at-historic-kenmore/2015-05-18T19:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/05/13/dining-room-vs-dining-room/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_2426.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dining-room-picture.jpg2015-05-13T19:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/05/11/our-urban-nature-its-just-outside-the-door/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/our-urban-nature-for-social-media-without-text.jpgSpring time in the gardens at Kenmore Plantationhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/urban-nature-native-plants-5.jpgUrban Nature Native Plants (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/urban-nature-native-plants-4.jpgUrban Nature Native Plants (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/urban-nature-native-plants-2.jpgUrban Nature Native Plants (2)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/urban-nature-native-plants-1.jpgUrban Nature Native Plants (1)2015-05-11T20:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/04/29/breaking-ground-for-the-washington-house/2015-05-06T15:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/04/30/they-gave-me-grogand-put-me-to-sleep-with-opium-pills-kenmore-in-the-civil-war/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cemetery-2.jpgFredericksburg National Cemeteryhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pre-1862kitchen02.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0038.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0027.jpg2015-04-30T17:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/04/16/the-civil-war-at-the-old-washington-farm/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/house-with-trench-and-arrows.jpgHouse with trench and arrowshttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/inkwell2.jpgInkwell2https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ff-wagons.jpgFF wagons2015-04-17T13:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/04/09/bells-across-the-land-historic-kenmore-remembers-the-civil-wars-end/2015-04-09T21:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/04/01/photos-how-to-install-a-new-museum-exhibit/2015-03-31T17:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/03/27/hanging-portraits-in-kenmores-drawing-room/2015-03-27T13:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/03/25/not-having-been-wett-all-over-at-once-for-28-years-past-bathing-in-early-america/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/river.jpgThe Rappahannock River at George Washington's Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/picther-and-basin.jpgMost early Americans washed daily using water from a pitcher and basin. Ornate sets similar to the one depicted would have been found in the homes of the wealthy like Fielding and Betty Lewis.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gw-court-records.jpgDocument showing the outcome of a court case involving George Washington. Ann Carrol and Mary McDaniel stole valuables from Washington's clothes while he was "washing in the river." Carol testified against McDaniel, who was convicted or petty larceny and "flogged fifteen lashes on her bare back."2015-03-26T15:02:46+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/02/25/mending-broken-pots/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mending-3.jpgPearlware waste or ‘slop’ bowl. Hand painted. Made in England between 1795 and 1830. This bowl would have been used during the tea ceremony as a receptacle for spent tea leaves or unwanted cold tea before refilling a cup with hot tea.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mending-2.jpgYay! They match!https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mending-1.jpgSherds to be mending in the Archaeology Lab at George Washington's Ferry Farm2015-03-26T15:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/03/18/george-toasts-george/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/westerwaldstudioshots-21.jpgWesterwaldStudioShots (21)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/westerwaldstudioshots-8.jpgWesterwaldStudioShots (8)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/westerwaldstudioshots-4.jpgWesterwaldStudioShots (4)G.R. medallion on a Westerwald jug fragment2015-03-18T16:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/03/12/caring-for-historic-kenmore-climate-control/2015-03-12T19:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/03/06/white-snow-blue-skies/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-17.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (17)Sparkling water droplets fall to the ground as icicles hanging on the visitor center melt.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-16.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (16)Snow on magnolia leaves.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-15.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (15)Snow laying on some rail fencing.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-14.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (14)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-13.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (13)Deer track.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-12.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (12)Little friends.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-10.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (10)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-9.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (9)Flags fly over Ferry Farm.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-8.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (8)Archaeological dig site remains closed for winter.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/white-snow-blue-skies-7.jpgWhite Snow Blue Skies (7)2015-03-06T19:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/02/19/george-washingtons-birthday-celebration/2015-02-19T17:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/02/11/george-washington-baseball-player/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/walterjohnson1936toss.jpgWalter "Big Train" Johnson poses for the press on the day he threw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River... twice.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fls-walter-johnsons-throw-1936.pngFLS Walter Johnson's Throw 1936https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/stone-throw.jpg2015-02-09T15:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/02/04/snow-days/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2014-march-6-copy.jpgMarch 2014https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2014-march-3-copy.jpgMarch 2014https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2014-march-2-copy.jpgMarch 2014https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2014-february-4-copy.jpgFebruary 2014https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2014-february-3-copy.jpgFebruary 2014https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2014-february-1-copy.jpgFebruary 2014https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2005-march-5-copy.jpgMarch 2005https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2005-december-fb-copy.jpgDecember 2005https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2005-december-a1-1-copy.jpgDecember 2005https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hk-snow-2005-december-15-copy.jpgDecember 2005December 20052015-02-03T18:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/01/28/perukes-pomade-powder/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/scratcherwithinset-shopt.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/powder-closet.jpgA gentleman being powdered by his valet. A cone protects the gentleman’s face during the process. Powder was made from starch, often wheat flour, or powdered white clay. The Toilette of the State Prosecutor’s Clerk, c. 1768 by Carle Vernet.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/galkehairmaterialculturesmall.jpgArtifacts from Ferry Farm related to eighteenth-century hair care. A) A woman’s bone hair brush, used on natural (not wig) hair. B) An earthenware wig hair curler, made c. 1740-1780. C) A bone grooming or “lice” comb. D) A bone razor guard, used by men to shave their facial hair and to shave the head to accommodate a tight-fitting peruke.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/501px-gilbert_stuart_williamstown_portrait_of_george_washington.jpgGeorge Washington, 1796, by Gilbert Stuart [Public Domain]. His hair was pomaded and powdered by his personal valet.2015-01-23T14:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/01/22/a-curators-culinary-secrets/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/faux-food-salt-wine-spill.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/faux-food-balloons.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/faux-food-punch-bowl.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/faux-food-4.jpg2015-01-22T15:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2015/01/06/photos-twelfth-night-at-kenmore/2015-01-07T00:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/31/historical-holiday-cheer/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spirited-artifacts-5.jpgHand blown mug for hot beverages. May have held Wassail or syllabub.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spirited-artifacts-4.jpgCopper wheel engraved wine glass.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spirited-artifacts-1.jpg2014-12-29T14:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/23/245/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fb-seasons-greetings-image.jpg2014-12-29T14:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/19/christmas-in-fredericksburg-with-george-washington-1769/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gw-in-fburg-for-xmas-3.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gw-in-fburg-for-xmas-2.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gw-in-fburg-for-xmas-11.jpg2014-12-19T00:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/16/the-whimsical-worlds-of-kenmores-a-wee-christmas/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0092.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0087.jpg"Victorian Dollhouse." Submitted by Beth Waters Hunsinger & son Jackson Waters Hunley.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0082.jpgThe shop was featured in the Miniature Quilts magazine.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0081.jpg"The Quilt Shop." Submitted by Carol House.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_00783.jpgMade by Michael & Gloria Ramming in 1985, the house is a miniature of their home and furnishings in San Francisco, California.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0074.jpgInterior of "Rammings' House." Submitted by Anna Jennings.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0067.jpgNow, her son Jackson enjoys rearranging the furniture inside.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0066.jpgSanta gave Beth this house when she was about 9 years old.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_00622.jpgScene from "The Nutcracker." Submitted by Anne Higgins.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0061.jpg"Bonaise" is a replica of the Harmons' old farmhouse on White Oak Road in Stafford County.2014-12-16T20:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/11/ferry-farm-is-home-sweet-home-for-the-holidays/2014-12-11T20:22:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/09/a-wee-christmas-display-inspired-by-a-wee-kenmore/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/history-of-kenmore-dollhouse-5.jpgHistory of Kenmore Dollhouse (5)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/history-of-kenmore-dollhouse-4.jpgHistory of Kenmore Dollhouse (4)https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/history-of-kenmore-dollhouse-1.jpgHistory of Kenmore Dollhouse (1)Dollhouse version of Historic Kenmore2014-12-09T20:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/05/a-kenmore-christmas/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nighttime-41.jpgBrightly lit on a dark December night.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nighttime-5.jpgHoliday swags with modern lights on Kenmore's doors.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nighttime-3.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nighttime-2.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nighttime-1.jpghttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_1592.jpgLooking down into the Passage from above.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_1576-cropped.jpgThe lady of the house would be severely judged on the creativity of her dessert table.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0219.jpgThe completed decorations in the Passage.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0202.jpg...filled to overflowing with sweets and confections arranged in imaginative ways and displayed on the best silver and glassware.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0195.jpgDuring the ball, usually around midnight, guests were treated to the unveiling of the elaborate dessert table...2014-12-05T17:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2014/12/01/lives-and-legacies-an-introduction/https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/washington-house-foundation1.jpgWashington House FoundationFoundation of the Washington family home at Ferry Farm, where George Washington spent his boyhood. The photo shows the foundation in 2008 when it was discovered by archaeologists.https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/foggy-kenmore-edit.jpgFoggy KenmoreHistoric Kenmore, home of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis, on a foggy December morning.2014-12-02T23:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://livesandlegaciesblog.orgdaily1.02025-08-14T14:40:48+00:00