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How should the United States welcome immigrants?
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From the Garden: Spanish Potatoes
The sweet potatoes slips have now been planted. We obtained the slips from mature tubers buried in the hotbed frame in mid-April. …
High Stakes in Colonial Virginia
Behind the Palace Wall — Come Inside to Hear More
Virginians were very pleased with their very first palace in their new Williamsburg home. A professor from the College of William & Mary described the Williamsburg scene in 1724, when the Governor’s Palace was just 2 years old. …
Today’s Podcast: Ask a Soldier
It’s the 18th century in America, and soldiers are making life-altering sacrifices. Friendships are lost. Families are divided. Health and safety are risked, and lost are the basic comforts most citizens take for granted. All these challenges pale in comparison to the task of coming home and finding their places in a changed world.
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Can You Read These Signs?
Now that you’ve had a crash course in 18th-century signs, why not test yourself with our quiz?
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Signs of the Times
By Karen Gonzalez
Wander down the Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg and you’ll see a variety of attractive and iconic shop signs. Replicated from English-style signs found in 18th-century London, they were an important part of advertising a business location.
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Leadership: Standing for More Than Office
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The 2016 presidential campaign is underway with a large slate of candidates, at least on the Republican side.
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The World Made Small: Exploring Life in Miniature
The Morris-Canby-Rumford dollhouse dates to 1820 and was made in Philadelphia.
By Karen Gonzalez
Miniature houses furnished with tiny decorations have fascinated us for thousands of years. The earliest examples of these scaled-down rooms were found in Egyptian tombs, complete with tiny replicas of servants, furnishings, livestock and even pets.
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James Monroe: A Revolutionary in Williamsburg … and a College Dropout
James Monroe Jayson Belew) inspects his likeness at William and Mary. View his quest for a diploma.
By Bill Sullivan
Take a walk in the Revolutionary City and you just might meet a future president. Specifically, the fifth president, James Monroe.Monroe may be best known for the foreign policy doctrine that bears his name, but he actually cut his teeth in Williamsburg, where he came as a 16-year old to attend the College of William & Mary.
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