Inspiration for the Modern Revolutionary
If you stop into the Wheelwright shop right now, you’ll get to talk with two 19-year-old apprentices visiting us from across the pond. Not only are they working here, they’re also living with Master Wheelwright John Boag and his wife during their stay. So what’s it like for two teenagers to travel all the way to America for such a unique opportunity? We sat down with them to find out.
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Why serve traditional deviled eggs at your Easter brunch when you can step up your game and impress your friends and family with these adorable colonial chicks and their 18th-century accessories?
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There’s been a lot of buzz about the changes coming to Chowning’s Tavern. Interpreters will soon welcome guests from 11:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. In addition to the longer hours, you’ll no longer need a reservation! And wait until you see all the changes we’ve made inside. While this new and improved alehouse doesn’t officially open for business until tomorrow, we have your exclusive behind-the-scenes look at just what you can expect….
Nowadays, we’ve become inundated with flashy commercials, emails, and brochures from places touting to be THE top family vacation destination. One might even argue there are too many choices out there. Our advice? Make your trip educational and entertaining. Take a week to unplug, spend time with your kids, learn, and most importantly—have fun! …
As many of you don your green and shamrocks, hoping to capitalize on a little luck o’ the Irish—we’re taking a look back at this day in history! How many of you knew that in March, more than 250 years ago, George Washington issued general orders proclaiming St. Patrick’s Day a holiday for his weary troops?
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Look closely. This reproduction of the Study for the Angel in the Virgin of the Rocks is painted on pastillage (sugar-based dough) using melted down cocoa butter and cocoa for the shading. If you think that’s impressive, wait until you see the frame. You won’t believe that the entire work of art is 100% edible!…
Thomas Jefferson often boasted of the bounty from his garden and once joked of his extreme love of vegetables by saying, “I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables which constitute my principal diet.” For that reason—we think he would wholeheartedly support the decision to expand the menus at our historic taverns!
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There may still be some snow on the ground, but the first lambs of the season are here! As we welcome the most recent additions (twin sisters) to the flock, we’re also reflecting on the breed as a whole since this year marks a major milestone for Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds Program….
Pat & Mike are the newest additions to our Rare Breeds Program and they earned their title in more ways than one. Only one in every 200 cattle births results in twins! We learned how to tell them apart, what work they’re busy completing in the Historic Area, and why they can’t be called oxen just yet….
One week ago today, Williamsburg was blanketed in several inches of snow. And just about everywhere you turn, you can still spot the lingering reminders of one of the harshest winters we’ve seen in decades. It’s a sight that has many of us dreaming of spring. But what will all this wind, cold air, and snow mean for our colonial gardens once it finally does warm up?…