A story for Independence day via the Washington Post.
Archeologists have been excavating the former home of the Ist President George Washington.
On a bluff overlooking the Rappahannock River, 50 miles south of the capital city that bears his name, archaeologists have unearthed a site that provides what they call the most detailed view into George Washington's formative years: his childhood home and, likely, the objects of his youth.
There are marbles and wig curlers, utensils and dinnerware. A pipe, blackened inside, carries a Masonic crest and dates to when he joined the Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge.
The announcement of the long-sought discovery came yesterday, after seven years of digging and several disappointments.
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