Archaeologists are having a field day, with what is one of the most important finds, in a very long time. They have unearthed the boyhood home, of the first President of the United States, George Washington, in Virginia. They were extremely thrilled to locate the area, after several dead ends. Washington is said to have lived in the home, from the time he was six years old, until he was twenty. From about the year 1732 to the year 1752, it is believed.
The George Washington Foundation, reports that the dig has uncovered thousands of pieces of artifacts. Some of them being, pieces of ceramic plates and bowls, toothbrush handles, pottery bits and hair rods or rollers, used for the stately wigs worn during that time.
The archaeologists are naturally very excited with their find, they have been searching for the spot, for seven years, and now they have hit gold, so to speak. They are still looking in the area for the families' dairy house and the smoke house. They feel that many of our first president's attributes and more of his roots, are buried, throughout the landscape of the property. They were able to locate the place where the fireplace stood in the home.
They are certain that this find will help them, fill in many of the holes in Washington's life and history. So they continue to dig on the site, so far they have not had any luck locating the hatchet, that Washington allegedly used, to chop down that infamous cherry tree. But they are still looking, and finding many historical links to the past, this is truly a big, big dig, and of monumental importance to historians everywhere.
