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Friday, April 3, 2015

Our Day in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia







I imagine that I & everyone I
 know is a subject of the










The farms

Colonial Williamsburg
relies on local farms
to feed its residents.





Colonial Williamsburg is a living museum.  Some of the buildings have been rebuilt and/or restored.






It was home to Colonial &
Commonwealth of Virginia
Governors.






Destroyed by fire in 1781, the Governor's Palace was rebuilt atop the original foundation.












 offers Coffee, Tea &
 Chilled Refreshers.












Joggers join the crowd on
Duke of Gloucester Street.





was a friend of Thomas
 Jefferson & the first signer of











Visitors can ride around
Colonial Williamsburg in
a horse drawn carriage.






Bruton Parish Church was
established in 1715.






This is Colonial Williamsburg's
third Courthouse.








The Magazine is where weapons
& ammunition was stored.










Children play with
a set of stocks.
Walking along Duke of Gloucester Street....







Eric & I pass 18th century
homes.






The Virginia Gazette was published
at the Printing Office.












Capitol was built in
 Williamsburg.






This is the third Capitol on this site.







R. Charleton's
Coffeehouse













(Jail)












The open air market sells
hats, clothes, puzzles
& toys.












The Beagle is making
new friends.












Large glass jars protect
new plants in the
Colonial Garden.









sells hats & clothing.







Eric & I walk past grazing
Sheep on our walk back to
the Visitor Center.






We walk along the path...
"Becoming Americans."





In 1786 Thomas Jefferson
made religion a matter
of choice.





Horace Mann, grade school
drop out, inspired a universal
thirst for public education
in 1837.






Eric went to kindergarten at Horace Mann Elementary School in Schenectady, New York.






President Abraham Lincoln
proclaimed freedom for
millions of enslaved
Americans in 1863.
We continue our walk back to 21st century America.

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