Events › Lunch & Learn: The Archaeology of Young George Washington's Life

Presented by David Muraca, Director of Archaeology at Ferry Farm. In the eighteenth century, the death of a patriarch had serious ramifications for everyone around him. 

This talk explores the difficulties faced by the widow Mary Washington, her young children, and the enslaved community at Ferry Farm, after the death of George Washington’s father, Augustine. 

Archaeological excavations have uncovered a number of ways the family dealt the social and economic hardships caused by Augustine’s untimely death.

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