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New Reconstruction Project Beginning

September 22, 2010 by Making History Team Leave a Comment

Jack sets and pegs one of the joists.

Welcome to the new Armoury Blog!  Over the next several years, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will be reconstructing Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop and Public Armoury. Please follow along as we rebuild six structures to show the site as it looked in the late 1770s when James Anderson was the Public Armourer for the new Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Filed Under: Historic Trades Tagged With: Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop, Armoury, reconstruction

Apples of Love

August 4, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

tomatoes from the gardenThis summer we are making the experiment of the Apples of Love in the garden; I understand the Spanish call this most striking and unusual fruit the “tomato.” It has long been used by the Spanish, the Portuguese and the Italians, but has only recently been adopted by English cooks in soups and broths.

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Setback for the cannon project

July 2, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

cannon-fav
The attempt to pour the light three last Wednesday did not succeed.

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Catch the new "Herbs in the Garden" tour

June 23, 2010 by Wesley Greene Leave a Comment

HerbsColonial Williamsburg introduces a new garden program this summer: Herbs in the Garden. Participants will learn tips on growing herbs and ways in which they can be enjoyed today. The program runs each Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. through August 31st. Reservations are required for this event. Colonial Williamsburg has 26 gardens and countless informal plantings throughout the Historic Area.

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What’s blooming: June 2010

June 1, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

Daylily Hemerocallis fulva
Visitors to the gardens in June will find plenty of blooms to admire. The perennial beds at the Governor’s Palace are an abundant mixture of summer phlox (Phlox paniculata), spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana), daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) and the Yorktown onion (Allium ampeloprasum). Large central beds are planted with globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa.)

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Come see the cannon pour June 23

May 28, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

Gunsmith George Suiter mans the furnace at the second pour.The pour of the light three infantry cannon is scheduled for June 23, with the 24th as a rain date. Since we are melting a much larger quantity of bronze than in the past coehorn pours, we do not know how long the process will take, but we hope to pour late in the afternoon. That said, we’ll tap the furnace when the metal is ready, and that will be hard to predict.

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What’s blooming: May

May 1, 2010 by Wesley Greene Leave a Comment

Dogwood
May offers guests the unforgettable sight of the flowering dogwood, the state flower of both Virginia and North Carolina, a sure sign of spring in Virginia. George Washington referred to the white and pink dogwoods (Cornus florida, C. florida rubra) and the redbud (Cercis canadensis) as his “clever trees,” because of their ephemeral beauty and diminutive size.

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What’s blooming: April

April 1, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

Antoinette Tulips: Lewis GardenIn a word: tulips!

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Filed Under: Gardens & Scenery Tagged With: gallery, garden, historic area

New Book: Revolutionary City

March 11, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

Revolutionary City book cover

It was in Williamsburg, Virginia, that American independence – and democracy – took root. Based on Colonial Williamsburg’s acclaimed street theater program, Revolutionary City tells the story of Williamsburg during the American Revolution.

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Filed Under: History, Williamsburg Style Tagged With: revolution, revolutionary city

Looking ahead to the light three

March 9, 2010 by What's New Team Leave a Comment

cannon No, the cannon project hasn’t become a flash in the pan. We’ve just been on hold to get some other things done while we wait out this winter.

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