Today was the main event, Colonial Williamsburg. This is a very interesting place, it is basically a 300 acre outdoor history museum. It re-creates the atmosphere and lifestyle of Virginia’s colonial capital, including both original and reconstructed buildings. Basically the area is 1 mile long and 1/2 mile wide. So there is allot of walking, but it is so unique. First if you plan to come here, need to do your research ahead of time, unlike stopping to a museum or even Monticello which you just stop and take a tour. In Colonial Williamsburg, there are many shops/buildings or events that do not happen every day. To get the most from your trip, you can use their website to see what there is to see on certain days, it really helps to have a plan here. Some shops you can just go in, but other places like the Governor’s Palace, you must take a tour.
I started out at the Governor’s Palace. Williamsburg was established as the new capital of the Virginia colony in 1699 and was the official residence of the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia. It was also a home for two of Virginia’s post-colonial governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, until the capital was moved to Richmond in 1780. Another residence I visited was George Wythe. So you might be like me, who is George Wythe, he was a prominent figure in the founding of the United States, serving as a lawyer, judge, and professor of law at the College of William and Mary. He was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, who studied law under him. Jefferson and him shared similar views on how the country should be governed and a signer of the Declaration of Independence
Well, I am wore out, one of the last things I will share is a demonstration of the cannon, see below. Oh the maze at the Palace, I did sneak out, kept running into dead ends 😊
