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times while he was a teenager. Today a Memorial House stands near the site of the original home, which burned in 1779.
In 1923 the Wakefield National Memorial Association was formed to recover and restore this birthplace. During 1930-31 the memorial house and the kitchen were built and furnished and the colonial garden was established. The park was officially opened in 1932.
The colonial living farm was devoted to tobacco, com, and wheat. Other basic neccesities were also produced, such as vegetables, meat, hides, grain, and timber. A kitchen garden supplied cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables.
The present farm as established in 1968 recreated some of the scenes of Washington’s youth. The livestock, poultry, and crops are of old varieties and breeds, and are raised by colonial farming methods.
The plantation’s birthplace site is outlined by oyster shells. It was a large U-shaped building of at least nine rooms before it was destroyed by fire.
Eighteenth century herbs and flowers grow in the Colonial Herb and Flower Garden. The herbs were used for cooking, medicines, and scents.
The Memorial House was constructed as a memorial to George Washington. It represents a typical home of the upper classes of this period. It has four rooms and a central
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