TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Everyone knows that George Washington grew and smoked hemp. Now, an important archaeological discovery is announced by The George Washington Foundation July 2:

"The George Washington Foundation (GWF) announced, on July 2, 2008, that archaeologists working at the site of George Washington’s childhood home have located and excavated the remains of the long-sought house where Washington was raised. The site was the setting of some of the best-known stories related to his youth, including tales of the cherry tree and throwing a stone across the Rappahannock River.

The archaeologists say that evidence unearthed over seven seasons of excavation has positively confirmed the foundation and cellars that remain from the clapboard-covered wood structure that once housed George, his parents and siblings.

Far from being the rustic cottage of common perception, the Washington house was a much larger one-and-a-half-story residence, perched on a bluff overlooking the Rappahannock.

[...] The land was plowed in the 19th century, so some of the objects we’ve found are in small pieces. The archaeologists are particularly interested in a broken-off bowl of a pipe, blackened inside from heavy use, that was typical of the mid-18th century when George lived in the house. Found in one of the cellars, the pipe bears a clear Masonic crest; Washington joined the Fredericksburg Lodge of the Masons in 1753. ...

Called the Washington Farm in George’s day, the place later became known as Ferry Farm, because of a ferry that linked it to Fredericksburg via the Rappahannock, just down the bank from the house. The Washington family moved to the site in 1738 from their previous home 45 miles away when George was 6 ...

Augustine Washington’s death five years after the family moved to the farm would forever alter George’s life. Mary Washington, a formidable personality, chose not to remarry, which left the family in a precarious financial situation. No longer able to afford school for George, Mary arranged for a part-time tutor.

George grew tobacco there before switching to wheat and corn. On these fields, George transitioned from boyhood to manhood.

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