HI
EVERYBODY!!
Williamsburg is one of the original and oldest of the colonial settlements, whatever that means. Penguins don't travel that much from the Antarctic so we don't have any "colonial settlements"! But it looks like a nice place and I'll bet Phil and Angie had a lot of fun there.
See you later!
In 1607, English settlers landed in Jamestown, Virginia, just a stonesthrow from Williamsburg. Not long after that a settlement was established in what would soon become the capital of the Virginia colony and play a vital role in the developement of the New World and all it's promise.
To learn more about Colonial Williamsburg, click on the logo below.
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One
of the more interesting parts of Colonial Williamsburg is still very
much active, that being the College of William and Mary. |
The
College of William and Mary was named after King William and Queen Mary
of England and established to educate missionaries to convert the "natives"
of the New World to Christianity. |
The
Wren Building. Even though W & M is the second oldest educational
body in America (second only to Harvard) this is the oldest continuously
used educational building in the US. |
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The
Kimball Theater. The oldest continuously used theater in the United
States. |
The
Governor's Palace. It was deliberately set back from the road to instill
a feeling of awe and importance upon those who visited it. |
A
closer look at one of the few US "palaces." |
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George
Wythe House. First person to sign the Declaration of Independance and creator
of the first law school in the US. |
Market
Square. |
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What
tales this tree could tell! |
The
present
learning from the past. |
Such
a tourist! |
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Peyton Randolph
House |
The
home of the President of the first Continental Congress. |
The
village Magazine. Where the weaponry and such were kept. |
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The
Courthouse |
Bruton
Parish Church |
Most
people couldn't read during the early days of the settlement, so
signs like these were used to tell you what was where. Click on the
sign to see what it says. |
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Local
trivia: Duke of Gloucester Street, aka DOG Street. |
Presumably
a jazz band from West Point. |
One of the coolest things we did while in Williamsburg was to take a "ghost walk" through Colonial Williamsburg at night. Unlike visiting haunted houses, this was a storytelling guided tour through the town. Some of the historical and ghostly references made on this page came from that tour. The tour itself is based on the book "The Ghosts of Williamsburg", written by L. B. Taylor, Jr. To learn more about the book and the author, click on his name.
Pennsylvania
Marriott
Manor Club
Washington, D.C.
Heading Home
Vacation in Virginia
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