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By DEBORAH FLINCHUM
K«PP«n*nnock N«wi Special Writer
The third grade students at Rappahannock County Elementary School visited George Washington’s Birthplace National Monument on April 11. It is located on Popes Creek, off the Potomac River, 38 miles east of Fredericksburg in Westmoreland County.
The National Park Service operates a working colonial farm at the site where George Washington was bom. The farm re-creates the sights, sounds, and smells of the . 18th century plantation life.
According to third grade chair» man Dawn Welch, upon arrival the * students viewed a 14-minute film at l the Visitors Center entitled A 1 Childhood Place. Following this in* troduction they toured the Memorial : House and Kitchen, the Weaving * Room, the Farm Workshop and the * Colonial Farm. Demonstrations « were given on spinning, weaving, t woodworking, blacksmithing, and £ leather working. » The students also witnessed * weekly farm chores of plowing, hoe* ing, planting, harvesting, and ox * driving.
A visit to the gift shop operated * by the Wakefield National Memorial * Association, a non-profit organiza* tion, concluded their trip. The gift * shop sold publications and crafts re* lated to the Washington story.
George Washington was bom on his father’s farm, Popes Creek, in 1732. He lived there for three and half years and returned several
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