Archaeologists find 'boyhood home' of George Washington

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US archaeologists believe they have found the long-sought childhood home of George Washington, the United States' first president, siting it close to Fredricksburg in the state of Virginia.

"This is it -- this is the site of the house where George Washington grew up," said David Muraca, director of archaeology for the George Washington Foundation, which owns the 110-acre (45-hectare) farm where the US leader apparently spent his formative years.

Archaeologists digging at the Ferry Farm site near Fredricksburg, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the federal capital, said Wednesday they had found cellars and foundations from the clapboard-covered house Washington lived in.

After extensive work, they conclude that contrary to popular belief, the house sited on the northern bank of the Rappahannock river in Stafford County was not a rustic cottage but a larger, one-and-a-half-story residence.

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