After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock River in northeast Virginia.
Digging into the red clay of Ferry Farm, a former plantation in Fredericksburg, has unearthed the footprint of the home of the nation's first president when he was a young boy.
The site of the plantation -- which would have included the main house and other structures including a slave quarters -- is nestled along 800 acres of rolling farmland, cherry trees and the banks of the Rappahannock River. 
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