Category: History
President and CEO Sam McKelvey and Curator of African American History and Special Projects Dr. Gaila Sims talk about free admission at the museum in September and building a memorial on the Auction Block site. famva.org
Your input will be taken on buidling a memorial on the former Auction Block site at the corner of William and Charles streets
The Civil War and Pop Culture–Favorite stories and fresh perspectives from the historians at Emerging Civil War. Edited by Chris Mackowski and Jon Tracey.
Executive Director Scott Harris talks about upcoming programs at the James Monroe Museum and the Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont.
Dr. Gaila Sims talks about telling the full story of the Slave Auction block. And how the exhibit allows you to express your feelings. famva.org
Artifacts found outside come inside. They’re cleaned and cataloged and some become part of a puzzle. And part of telling the story about what happened on the land.
Preserving history. The actions of a farmer on the Ferry Farm site preserved history that is just now being discovered.
There have been some surprises at the annual dig at George Washington’s boyhood home in Stafford. Enough surprises that archaeologists will be back in the same area next summer.
FredToday Partners
A close look at where the annual digging at George Washington’s boyhood home has been taking place this summer.
Finding two tobacco pipe bowls–one of the complete-during the annual summer dig at George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm in Stafford. Dave Muraca puts a date on it and talks about what it tells archaeologists.
The annual summer archaeological excavation at Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home in Stafford unearthed two tobacco pipe bowls–one of them complete.
Second tobacco pipe found
Recent Comments