Our Day in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

I imagine that I & everyone I

 know is a subject of the

 King of England.

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.

The Governor's Palace

It was home to Colonial &

Commonwealth of Virginia

Governors.

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

The Palace Green

McKenzie Apothecary

 offers Coffee, Tea &

 Chilled Refreshers.

Joggers join the crowd on
Duke of Gloucester Street.

George Wythe, who lived here,

was a friend of Thomas

 Jefferson & the first signer of

the Declaration of Independence.

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.

Virginia's second Colonial

Capitol was built in

 Williamsburg.

This is the third Capitol on this site.

R. Charleton's
Coffeehouse

The Public Gaol

(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.

Mary Dickinson Shop

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.