Williamsburg Round II

We took advantage of Columbus Day weekend to pay Williamsburg VA another visit. This time the weather was perfect and there was a lot more going on than when we visited in June. Drew has been really busy lately with school and work and he had a paper he needed to work on Saturday morning so I was forced to drive all the way there while he typed away, thanks to the laptop provided by my school. We were very glad that there were no driving misadventures this time. Here are some pictures of our adventure:

Part of what makes Williamsburg really interesting, besides all the cool history assocated with the city, is that all the people that work there wear clothing that is from the time period and act like they would have if they lived in Williamsburg. (Some of them actually do live in historical buildings in the city.) Each evening while we were there they renacted various events leading up to the reveloutonary war. This British soldier was booed by the crowd watching when he wanted the colonies to remain loyal to King George.
Behind me is the Governors palace it is an amazing building and has fabulous landscaping in the back.
The Fife and Drums are quite impressive. They looked a lot more comfortable in the 70 degree with a breeze temperature than they did when we visited in June and it was 100 degrees and 90 percent humidity.

We made sure to go to the chuch on Sunday. This church has been around for a long time and has had a lot of really important members like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall and this stange looking church going guy ;)

It is quite a lavish chuch. All the seats were padded (that is for the people that attend the church now, in the 1700's they were hard wood). In the 1700's if you missed church more than 5 times you had to pay a fine or get put in the stocks or pillary.


The person playing a weaver behind me knew tons about textile history it was really intersting to listen to. The worst part was when she was describing how they would use stale human urine to make the dye work on the fabrics, it was disgusting.

If you look closely at this fiddle player he looks quite crosseyed.

We got to see them shoot off some cannons. I kept jumping every time one went off.


Drew in the Magazine. They kept most of the guns in one place so that they could make sure they were standarized and the amunition would work in all the guns in case of an emergency.


Pretty fancy bedspread for the 1700's! And one handsome husband!

Maybe next summer we will move to Williamsburg and work in the historic village. Drew could play the fife and march up and down the road in the hot sun, and I could give tours in one of the air conditioned building. I think Drew would enjoy this more than law school -- some days.