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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As we all know, April 1 is the best day of the year for businesses and corporations to announce major plans they have in the works. And we are beyond excited to have been granted exclusive inside knowledge about some of the new products, events, and attractions Colonial Williamsburg is starting to roll out.
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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….
I have had the pleasure of being allowed a special behind-the-scenes look into the making of one of our special evening events. Join me as I take you on a journey from auditions to curtains up for Miss In Her Teens.
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All week long we’ll be sharing secrets and other behind-the-scenes information on Twitter and we need your help as well! Get your thumbs ready to Tweet and help make #MuseumWeek a success.
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Picture this. It’s 1781 and the troops are getting ready to engage in yet another battle with the British. How much longer will the war endure?
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This week we’re giving you an inside look at three of the programs that started back up March 16. You’ve already seen Storming the Palace, now check out the Reading of the Declaration of Independence.
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It’s one of the more hotly debated topics of the time—who’s responsible for the missing gunpowder? Just whose side are you on?
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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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