One of our many timeshares was spent at Williamsburg, Virginia, where we learned more of the history of early American history up close and enjoyable. We spent the seven days in a nice timeshare and used our days to see Williamsburg and Jamestown for the full amount of time we had.
Our pictures show only a snippet of we took in and became aware of concerning our early days as a country. Williamsburg was founded in 1638 so it was here before our founding fathers fully developed the constitution and declared our freedom from England.
We visited William and Mary College in Williamsburg while we there and was impressed with the buildings and the reputation of the college.
Two of the things which I remember and am glad that we took part are the nightly ‘Ghost Tour” and the “death by chocolate feast in which we partook. The first was scaring up spirits and phantoms from the past and the latter was done in really ‘good taste.’
I will try to show the pictures we took and allow you to draw your images as to what they mean.
One of the things we saw were wagons and horses representing the mode of travel in the early days of Williamsburg.
We were interested the styles of houses that had survived the ages since they were first built.
Some looked modern apartments and others were from the earlier period of our America.
We saw a fence that had been built with split logs just as Abe Lincoln must have done them later.
We also saw a sign on the Liberty Lounge warning people not to enter or fail to pay their tabs.
Best of all, we were able to witness a beheading in the town square.
Barbara talked to a citizen of the community of Williamsburg
As you might expect, there was a tall statue honoring the Confederacy War heroes.
One of the statues that was impressive was to William Shakespeare and located at William and Mary College
I also want to share some of the history of Williamsburg and of Jamestown and you will be able to read for yourselves.
For more information go to Wikipedia, on Colonial Williamsburg
Jamestown, Virginia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia
or Yorktown, Va.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia