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May 13, 2025 By Fairfield Foundation

From Colony to Country

Step back in time for a Revolutionary drama set in the summer of 1775. Watch as Lewis Burwell of Fairfield visits John Page at Rosewell to ponder weighty decisions. Listen […]

Tagged With: 18th Century, American Revolution, Burwell, Fairfield, Page, performance, Rosewell

July 2, 2024 By Fairfield Foundation

The Revolutionary World of Lewis Burwell

Written by Sara Lewis, Development Officer As we celebrate with fireworks and watermelon and reflect on nearly 250 years of American independence, we are reminded of the Burwell family of […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Burwell, Colonial Virginia, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester History

March 9, 2023 By Fairfield Foundation

The Plant-Cutter Riots and Fairfield Plantation

“… whereas many evil disposed persons Inhabitants of this Colonycontrary to their duty and Allegiance on the first day of May in the34th [year] of the King’s Reign and since […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: 17th century, 17th-century history, Burwell, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester History, Governor's Council, Nathaniel Bacon, Philip Ludwell, Plant-Cutter Riots, Tobacco

October 18, 2022 By Fairfield Foundation

Looking Towards the Future: A Peek Inside the Development of Fairfield’s New Online Museum

Guest blog by summer intern Ashleigh Cannata, a graduate student from the University of Maryland, College Park. Often museums are seen as places strictly with four walls, endless winding hallways, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, History, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, Burwell, Colonial History, Enslaved History, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester History, Virtual Exhibit

February 18, 2022 By Fairfield Foundation

Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Frances King Burwell Catlett (November 14, 1814-April 3, 1903)

By Sara Lewis, Development Officer This blog is part of a series about the Catlett family members buried at Timberneck in Gloucester County. “Fanny” was the eighth child of Armistead […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: 19th century, Burwell, Catlett, Catlett Family, Geneaology, Gloucester History, Timberneck

August 26, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation

Lives from the Catlett Cemetery at Timberneck

William Burwell Catlett (December 29, 1847-October 18, 1865) Blog written by Sara Lewis, Fairfield Foundation Development Officer and lover of genealogy The Catlett cemetery at Timberneck is the final resting […]

Filed Under: Education, History Tagged With: 19th century history, Burwell, Catlett, genealogy, Gloucester History, Timberneck

November 15, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

A Long-Lost Site Reveals Many Stories at York County’s New Quarter Park

By guest blogger Sara E. Lewis If you’ve never joined the Fairfield Foundation for a public dig at New Quarter Park in York County, then you’re missing out on some […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, archaeology, Armistead, Artifacts, Bookbinder, Burwell, education, Engagement, excavation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, tobacco pipes, Volunteers, York County

August 30, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

Preserving Fairfield from the Ground Up!

Last week we hosted our second Adventures in Preservation (AiP) workshop of 2017 and made great progress at Fairfield Plantation. We opened a new excavation block on the south end of […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 3D model, Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Burwell, drone, education, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Preservation, public archaeology

September 22, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation

Fairfield’s History Mysteries: the elusive early cellar

Fairfield Plantation has no ghost stories (that we know of…), but we have plenty of mysteries. How was the west wing lost in 1839? Why was there a chicken tied […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, Burwell, Colonial Williamsburg, education, excavation, fairfield foundation, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Landscape, Lewis Burwell II, Research

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From the blog

  • Remembering George Wesley Catlett February 27, 2025
  • Wood’s Mill: an Overlooked Chapter of Gloucester Hall’s History December 2, 2024
  • The Revolutionary World of Lewis Burwell July 2, 2024
  • Lives from the Catlett Family Cemetery at Timberneck: Robert, Mary, and John Thruston January 31, 2024
  • “The best church I have seen in the country” Excavations in search of the 17th-century Abingdon Church January 12, 2024

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The Fairfield Foundation's mission is to promote and involve the public in hands-on archaeology, preservation and education activities within Virginia’s Middle Peninsula and surrounding areas. We are a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization offering public programs, research opportunities and outreach activities since 2000. We operate five properties in Gloucester County: Fairfield Archaeology Park, Timberneck House at Machicomoco, Edge Hill Texaco (the C.A.P.E.), Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center, and Walter Reed birthplace. For more information about us and other historic resources on the Middle Peninsula or to arrange presentations on a variety of topics related to local history and archaeology, please contact us. Check out the calendar for upcoming activities.
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