After strolling the beach, and enjoying lunch at Virginia Beach, we drove to Colonial Williamsburg. We delayed our trip because brochures said that the trolley didn't start running until 3:00...so 3:00 was our target. Well...after Oct 15th they didn't run AT ALL. So there you have it.
Colonial Williamsburg was charming...still in place as it started. The fun part of when we arrived, was being spectators to the Revolutionary Enactment of the trials and tribulations of the families through the various occupations by Britain.
The drum and fife corp lead the soldiers at some points
and followed on the battlefield.
Benedict Arnold explains to the townspeople (including us) the conditions of the British occupation of Williamsburg. The distraught crowd gathered behind the coffee house and were calmed by African American Baptist Preacher Gowan Pamphlet, who encouraged them with hope for a bright future.
General Washington appears with news that the war would soon be ending...and he inspected his troops before they went off to war. The fife and drum corps followed the troops as they went into battle...lots of gunfire and canon balls to follow. We know they used blanks for the canons in the reenactment...we learned back in Gettysburg that the canon balls would travel anywhere from 1-1/2 to 2 miles. those trees were pretty close. :-)
A guillotine, of course... and a carpenter shop. |
| First Masonic Hall |
Mansion of the day turned into a hotel. And a prominent family home on main street.
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