Friday, August 29, 2014

Walking around talking to George

After writing that,  I thought, hand puppet is ‘George’, he loved all the Grandkids.coreygeorgescan1987 013

But this is a different George, a very important one, but he was about the ages of Ben and Corey (above), he was here until he was 7.

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Our walk this day was over the birthplace of George Washington. From this vantage point I could see young George playing on that point, it is just behind the house in which he was born.

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Unfortunately that home burned, this is the excavated foundations of the home.

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I could see him him playing on the split rail fencing until his daddy, Augustine or his mother Mary, scolded him. Cause a boy has got to climb a fence.

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He also spent time in here with the cooks, who probably spoiled him with sugar biscuits. (Remember he did lose his teeth too soon)

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‘Twas a strange thing, this birthplace and the burial of his parents and grand parents was left to vines and weeds for over a 100 years after his death, before someone decided to Buy it and preserve it.

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The original plantation was over a thousand acres we walked a couple miles around it.

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This is actually Pope’s creek that feeds the Potomac, Looks like a giant river to me…

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Not sure if little George spent too much time here, this is out back the wash house, those BIG iron tubs were used to boil the clothes in.

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This walkway is built across the inlet just below the house, I bet George had a small boat to go to the other side. We walked.

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More of Popes Creek

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Plenty of wild flowers in the swamp. Below we are back from a mile walk thru some woods and along the creek. I have seen plenty split rail fence but this one is a little different.

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It is called Wakefield (the plantation) and is still an active farm for show.

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Carpenter shop and tobacco barns.

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We learned that the farm animals were not penned all the time, much of the time they roamed the woods foraging for food. That was plentiful.

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The family Grave yard holds about 5 generations of Washington's. Great Grandpa John, Grandpa Nathaniel, father Augustine and their wives and some children.

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The grave sites were redone and landscaped in 1930.

Well, this was another day’s walks. It was very enjoyable and pleasant. It is not a real big attraction for the public as you can imagine. It is in competition of all of the Washington, DC stuff and even Mt. Vernon of course.

I think it is worth the expense to keep alive the memory of George Washington, that he was once a carefree child, roaming the banks and woods of Wakefield on Pope’s Creek, near Colonial Beach, Virginia.

Nite Shipslog

PS: (Sermons lived, from an 8yr old, con’t)

Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, “Why?” She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.” I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?” “Because that's where I keep all my stuff,” she said.

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This beauty from the late 1930’s (maybe a Plymouth) is on Pope’s Creek Road about a mile from the Birthplace of George Washington. )I don’t think George played in it!)

6 comments:

shirl72 said...

That is a lot of information about
George. What a peaceful place
to take a walk and also learn
history. Like seeing the old car
I bet it made many trips.
Very interesting place to visit.

I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...

That would be a wonderful place to take a walk. Glad you took some pictures to share. It's another place I've never been and appreciate them. I love being able to see places like that. That creek does look like a river to me too.

Chatty Crone said...

It is hard to imagine George as a child - it was fun how you did that. There wasn't a whole lot to do in those days as there is now - old George had to think and mull things over in his brain - maybe that was why he was so smart. Didn't he die from his teeth that were wood? Leaches or something? Maybe not.

betty said...

I think I would enjoy this over Mount Vernon that is terribly crowded. I would enjoy walking around and imaging George here and there too. Looks like a great place to take a walk; thanks for sharing it with us!

betty

TARYTERRE said...

I like historical attractions that are not on the beaten path. this looks like a lovely place, indeed.

Mevely317 said...

I love your imagination ... prompting us to visualize a carefree youngster named George.
Beautiful lands!