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When the Governor’s Palace was
completed in 1722, the residence of Virginia’s royal governor
was considered one of the finest buildings in British North America.
The elegant and imposing residence of seven royal governors and the
commonwealth’s first two state governors—Patrick Henry and
Thomas Jefferson—was reconstructed on its original foundations
and opened to the public in April 1934.
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The cries of independence rang from the Capitol building
in 18th-century Williamsburg. On May 15, 1776, from the Capitol of what was
England’s first permanent colony in the New World, Virginia legislators
instructed their delegation at Philadelphia’s Continental Congress
to introduce a resolution to the colonies independent from Great Britain.
Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence was the response by
the Continental Congress. The gentlemen at Williamsburg sat in the oldest
representative assembly in what was then the world’s newest nation.
The assembly traces its beginnings to 1619 when the House of Burgesses first
convened at Jamestown.
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One of Colonial Williamsburg’s original 18th-century
buildings, the Courthouse of 1770 was the seat of local government and housed
municipal and county courts until 1932. Now an exhibition building, its guests
can relive actual trials during the participatory program “Order in
the Court.”
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Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding in 2008. Five boys were asked
to form Colonial Williamsburg’s first Fife and Drum Corps. No instructor
was available so the boys taught themselves. “Yankee Doodle” was
the first song learned by corps members. In 1960, Sgt. George P. Carroll,
director of the Continental Boys’ Fife and Drum Corps in Arlington,
Va., gave members of the Fife and Drum Corps formal music instruction. Carroll,
a member of the Third Infantry Regiment Honor Guard of Fort Myer, Va., collected
and studied more than 1,000 pieces of Revolutionary period music. In 1961,
he was hired as the first music master.
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Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums
has performed for several heads of state. In October 1975, led by Bill White,
the corps met Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako of Japan at the Patrick
Henry Airport. White joined the corps as a fifer in April 1965 and rose to
the rank of sergeant major. Upon graduating from James Blair High School,
Williamsburg, Va., in 1971, he worked as a member of the Fife and Drum Corps
staff. He attended Christopher Newport University and earned a bachelor’s
in history in 1976. In 1976 he became the assistant music master under John
Moon, and in 1981 was promoted to military music master. During his years
with the corps, the unit performed for each President of the United States
from Lyndon Johnson to Ronald Reagan, as well as Emperor Hirohito of Japan,
the Shah of Iran, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain, Prime
Minister Trudeau of Canada, President Mitterand of France and Charles Prince
of Wales. In 1985 Bill left the corps to become director of the Company of
Colonial Performers. He earned a doctorate in American Studies at the College
of William and Mary in 1998 and today serves as the director for educational
program development for Colonial Williamsburg. Both of White’s sons,
Billy and Charlie, are corps alumni.
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In May 1981, Colonial Williamsburg’s
Fife and Drum Corps performed for His Royal Highness Prince Charles.
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John Moon became the music master of the Fifes
and Drums in 1972. He brought with him years of experience in military music.
Moon joined the Scots Guards as a Boy Soldier in 1946 at age 15, came of
military age at 17 and a half as a drummer (flute, drum and bugle) and was
first promoted in 1948. He attended music courses with the director of music
of the Scots Guards and at the Royal School of Music at Kneller Hall. As
a drummer and infantryman he saw active service in Trieste, Malaya, Cyprus,
Egypt, the Sinai and Germany, and took part in royal duties at London’s
Buckingham and St. James’ palaces, Windsor Castle, Holyrood House,
the Tower of London and Edinburgh. He was promoted through the ranks and,
at age 23, was appointed drum major of the Scots Guards, the youngest in
the Brigade of Guard's history. He was promoted to warrant officer in 1958
and then appointed “Drummer to The Royal Household” for services
to the crown, a position he continues to hold. He rose to be the senior drum
major of the Brigade of Guards and of the British army. After his military
service, Moon moved to New York to represent the London Drum Company of Henry
Potter's and was contracted to the military district of Washington to teach
the major U.S. military bands in new ceremonial drills and musical duties.
In 1968 he accepted the position of director of music for the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy Band at King's Point. In 1972 he was contracted by The Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation to accept the position of music master and drum major
of the Fifes & Drums, serving some 20 years as their mentor and retiring
as director of music for the Foundation. He remains in Williamsburg as musician-in-residence
emeritus.
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In 1989, Tim Sutphin led young fifers in a rehearsal.
Sutphin began his career at the Foundation as a fifer in Colonial Williamsburg’s
Fife and Drum Corps in 1975 and upon graduating from high school retired
from the group in 1983. After college he returned in 1988 as field music
instructor and became supervisor of the fifes section in 1990. In 1993, he
became supervisor of Fifes and Drums, and was promoted to manager of historic
events in 2003.
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Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums have
performed at numerous events during its history. In 2001, the corps entertained
during the Foundation’s 75th Anniversary celebration at the Governor’s
Palace.
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F&D-RevCity.tif. Colonial Williamsburg debuts season three of the
highly acclaimed outdoor dramatic presentation, Revolutionary City®,
in 2008 with new scenes, stories and events in the Historic Area. The Fifes
and Drums will be one of the highlights of the program when they march down
Duke of Gloucester Street.
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Amy Miller led the Fifes and Drums in front
of the parade stand following the inauguration of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine.
Miller became field music instructor on the fife for the Colonial Williamsburg
Fifes and Drums in 1998 in preparation for girls being admitted to the program
the following year. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in music from
Florida State University and a master’s degree from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro. She earned a doctorate in flute performance
music from Florida State University.
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During the war for American independence, armies
relied on their music to communicate necessary orders, signal tactical maneuvers
and provide musical entertainment. The fife and drum were the primary instruments
used by both the British and American armies. Colonial Williamsburg’s “Drummer’s
Call” weekend is devoted to the demonstration of how fifes and drums
were used in the military by showcasing various regimental music units. Lance
Pedigo led the Fifes and Drums here. He entered the Colonial Williamsburg
Fifes and Drums in 1972 at the age of 9 and graduated in 1981 as sergeant
major. He began working for Colonial Williamsburg in 1991 as drum supervisor.
He received his bachelor’s degree in music with a performance concentration
from James Madison University. Lance has performed with Disney’s All-American
College Marching Band, the 1984 Summer Olympics All-American Marching Band,
the 1984 Presidential Inaugural Band and the All-American Statue of Liberty
Band and has also performed throughout the United States, Japan and Canada.
He has recorded for Coastline Music and performed for National Public Radio.
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Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums performed
for several events commemorating America’s 400th Anniversary of the
first permanent English settlement in the Americas, including Landing Party
Festivals at six ports of call during the Godspeed Sail.
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Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain
and His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, visited Williamsburg
May 3–4, 2007, as part of the commemoration of America’s 400th
Anniversary. After arriving in Williamsburg, Her Majesty and His Royal Highness
were escorted down Duke of Gloucester Street, Colonial Williamsburg’s
thoroughfare, by horse and carriage. The Fifes and Drums escorted the carriage
to the Williamsburg Inn.
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Bill White Sr. and Bill White Jr. watch the festivities
during the 2007 Drummer’s Call program. Both father and son are graduates
of the Fifes and Drums and members of the Fifes and Drums Alumni. The Alumni
Corps will hold a reunion and special march July 4–5 during the Fifes
and Drums 50th anniversary year. Bill Sr. current works as executive producer
and director of educational program development for the Foundation.
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Colonial Williamsburg’s Revolutionary City® program
allows guests to follow their Revolutionary forebears’ transition from
subjects to citizens and to make connections with those Revolutionary changes
and the issues facing citizens today.
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Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Art Johnson,
who portrays an enslaved tavern worker, asks two guests to help him prepare
the Liberty Pole with tar and feathers. The Liberty Pole deterred colonists
from expressing loyalty to the crown.
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City® program, costumed interpreters read the Declaration of Independence
from the balcony of the Capitol building.
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Revolutionary Stories, a new program with presentations
staged at the Peyton Randolph House, complements the day’s Revolutionary
City® episode. In “Let No Man Put Asunder,” Betsy Nicholas,
a young gentry woman, shares her anxieties over her upcoming marriage, against
the backdrop of war and revolution.
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The Brothers-In-Arms program recognizes the challenges,
triumphs and contributions of free and enslaved African Americans as soldiers
and camp followers of the American Revolution. Programs will highlight the
contributions, sacrifices and decisions of 18th-century African Americans
in securing their liberty, either with the British or American cause.
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Guests in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic
Area witness hundreds of British Army re-enactors occupy the capital city
and subject the citizens of 1781 to martial law. “Under The Redcoat,” an
annual weekend-long program, re-creates the occupation of the city by British
Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis near the end of the American Revolution. Guests
see first-hand the trials and tribulations, hardships and loss of liberties
suffered by the city’s 18th-century citizens at the hands of the world’s
dominant military power of the time.
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Families can enjoy a tour of the Historic Area in
one of Colonial Williamsburg’s carriages, such as the Lord Dunmore
Town Coach. In 2003, the Foundation began to build a town coach that could
be used as Lord Dunmore’s coach. A fine example of an 18th-century
coach was found in Piacenza, Italy, belonging to the Museum of the Palazzo
Farnese. The coach builder Florian Staudner of Vienna, Austria, built an
exact replica of this vehicle for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The
body is a chocolate brown color with upper parts black. The undercarriage
is red, “picked out” in gold.
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Tom Hooper, director of the John Adams mini-series
(center) looks on as Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Mark Hutter provides
instruction on military deportment, courtesy and etiquette to actors costumed
as British soldiers prior filming at the Public Gaol.
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Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Mark Hutter
demonstrates hat etiquette to actors costumed as British soldiers prior to
filming at the Public Gaol.
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John Adams, portrayed by Paul Giamatti, smiles as
an audio technician equips him with a wireless microphone.
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A technician at the top of a large crane applies artificial
snow to the Public Hospital roof. Several weeks of preparation transformed
the Public Hospital grounds into Gen. Washington’s Continental Army
winter encampment at Boston’s Harvard College early in the American
Revolution.
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Actors rehearse a scene at the Public Hospital which
as transformed over several weeks into Gen. Washington’s winter encampment
at Boston’s Harvard College.
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Crew members observe while actors rehearse a scene
at the George Wythe House, which doubled during the John Adams miniseries
as the President’s Residence in Philadelphia. The scene involves a
public protest over President Washington’s refusal to get involved
in the French Revolution. Washington took the position that the young United
Sates should “avoid foreign entanglements,” and he considered
the French Revolution to be a French internal civil matter.
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An actor portraying Alexander Hamilton arrives at the
George Wythe House, which doubled during the John Adams miniseries as the
President’s Residence in Philadelphia, to meet with President Washington.
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Palace Green and the George Wythe House are transformed
into 1790s Philadelphia and the president’s residence, with a military
field hospital for treatment of victims of the yellow fever epidemic which
swept the city.
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With a military field hospital in the background,
an actor portraying a yellow fever victim gets some final costume adjustments
from a member of the film crew.
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British cavalry officers confer about their latest
orders, discuss strategies, and relax playing cards in front of the Greenhow
Store, which served as an urban setting.
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School groups visiting Colonial Williamsburg’s
Historic Area do more than study 18th-century history. They get “hands-on” with
several activities, including chores. Here a school group learns the colonial
method for drawing water from a well at the Grissell-Hay House.
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Gifts from several donors ensure
that five of Colonial Williamsburg’s gardens will continue
to grow for future generations. The Alexander Craig House
Garden was one of those gardens that guests now can enjoy
in perpetuity.
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In a scene from the Electronic Field
Trip “Yorktown,” the Rhode Island regiment, a
nearly all-black unit made up largely of recently freed slaves,
fights with the Continental Army against the British. In
the Revolution, many soldiers fought for personal freedom
as well as political freedom.
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In a scene from the Electronic Field
Trip “Emissaries of Peace,” Ostenaco, of the
Cherokee Nation, stands before King George III in the Palace
of St. James in London. He is accompanied by Ensign Timberlake,
a young British military officer, and two members of the
Cherokee delegation, Gvna Shote and Woyi.
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In a scene from the Electronic
Field Trip, “Emissaries of Peace,” Guque, a female
tribal leader, offers a woven belt of beads called “wampum” to
Ensign Timberlake and the interpreter who accompanied him
to the Cherokee community to attend a tribal council meeting.
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Tobacco ripens in the field with the
newly completed tobacco house in the background. Colonial
Williamsburg’s carpenters built the structure in 12
months and it was completed in April 2007. It was used to
cure the 2007 tobacco crop.
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David Nielsen pitches or transplants
tobacco plants into the newly prepared hills. Wayne Randolph
is in the background.
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Wayne Randolph operates the plow as Ed Schultz
drives the oxen. They are plowing the tobacco field with
two Milking Shorthorns, Red and Rusty. The shorthorns are
part of Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds program
that complements the living history interpretation by portraying
another aspect of daily life in colonial Virginia.
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Colonial Williamsburg’s carpenters
prepare materials for construction and construct buildings
using 18th-century techniques. During winter months, they
use their time and extra materials to build furniture in
the tradition of the carpenter.
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The wheelwrights make and repair wheels
for vehicles used in the Historic Area, make wheelbarrows
and carts, and recently began the production of passenger
vehicles. In 2007, the wheelwrights constructed a new wagon
to be used in the Historic Area. With an estimated weight
of more than 2,000 pounds, the wagon is one of the most massive
pieces of woodwork produced at the wheelwright and will require
the power of at least four oxen to move.
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In the Weave Room at the Wythe House, weavers
demonstrates how to spin threads and hand weave cloth.
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A long, healthy, lustrous coat that falls in
ringlets, ease of feeding and valuable meat supply are traits
of the Leicester (pronounced “lester”) Longwool
sheep. Originated in Britain and used as a pioneer breed,
the original flock of Colonial Williamsburg’s Leicester
Longwool sheep came from Tazmania, but now the sheep are
bred here.
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The Visitor Center is the first stop
many Colonial Williamsburg guests make before they come to
the Historic Area. The Visitor Center serves as the official
regional welcome center for the Historic Triangle and distributes
information about the historic sites of Williamsburg, Jamestown
and Yorktown. Information on other regional attractions,
including beaches, theme parks and museums, also is provided.
Ticketing for all three locations, transportation information
and lodging reservation services also are provided.
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In addition to ticketing offices,
Colonial Williamsburg’s Visitor Center also includes
shopping areas. WILLIAMSBURG Booksellers® offers a wide
selection of books, videos, CDs and tapes on colonial America,
including the Revolutionary War, plus gifts and general interest
publications. Teacher, student and parent educational videos,
books and Internet classroom materials also are available.
WILLIAMSBURG Revolutions offers games, toys, gifts and logo
apparel related to Colonial Williamsburg, as well as costume
rentals.
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Young museum visitors can participate
in a hands-on experience when they visit a new exhibition
in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in its new,
expanded home. Staged in the Penelope and Dr. Sergio Proserpi
Gallery, “Down on the Farm” relates the fictitious
tale of Prince, a carved wooden sculpture of a terrier, as
he travels from the big city to the country. Throughout the
gallery, guests follow the canine’s adventures with
pigs, cows and roosters as he wanders from farm to farm looking
for his cousin. Delving into the rich folk art collections
of Colonial Williamsburg, the story is told using paintings
and drawings of rural America as well as three-dimensional
art-like copper weathervanes, wooden sculptures and decoys
that represent the denizens of the farms.
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When younger guests finish following
Prince on his quest through colorful scenes and art in the “Down
on the Farm” exhibition, they have the opportunity
to create their own folk art based on their experience.
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The color of the Second Continental Light Dragoons,
also known as Sheldon’s Horse, was captured July 2,
1779, by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton at Pound Ridge, N.Y.
It is the earliest known surviving—and the only known
Revolutionary era—American flag of any kind with a
field of 13 red and white stripes. The silk standard with
a field of 13 red and white stripes is centered by a painted
badge of a winged and fulminating thundercloud with a ribbon-enclosed
motto. The flag is bordered on three sides with a wide silver
metallic fringe.
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The
regimental flag of the Third Virginia Detachment, commanded
by Col. Abraham Buford, is the earliest surviving documented
American flag of any kind bearing 13 stars. It also is earliest
surviving documented American flag with stars displayed in
a canton, and it is the earliest surviving documented American
flag containing five-pointed stars. The regimental standard
and its two grand division colors were captured May 29, 1780,
by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Waxhaws, S.C.
The regimental flag and its two “Grand Division” standards
are the only intact surviving stand of regimental colors
from the American Revolution. The gold-yellow silk field
is painted on both sides with a beaver felling a palmetto
over the motto, “Perseverando.” Inset on the
upper hoist is a blue silk canton containing 13 five-pointed
silver stars.
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The blue “Grand Division” color is a sky blue
silk field. Centered on both sides of the flag is a painted
scrolling ribbon, highlighted in pink, containing the word, “Regiment.” The
fly end is self-fringed. Captured May 29, 1780, by Lt. Col.
Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Waxhaws, South Carolina.
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The gold “Grand Division” color is comprised
of a yellow gold silk field. Centered on both sides of the
flag is a painted scrolling ribbon, highlighted in green,
containing the word, “Regiment.” The flag is
self-fringed on the fly end. Captured May 29, 1780, by Lt.
Col. Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Waxhaws, S.C.
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The Stamp Act Teapot makes a bold political
statement against an act that was unpopular with the colonists
and ultimately repealed. The teapot is lead-glazed earthenware
and probably made in Cockpit Hill, Derby, England, between
1765–1771. It can be found in the “Revolution
in Taste” exhibition.
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The elaborate design and piercing work of
the silver bread basket demonstrates the talent of the important
English silversmith Paul de Lamerie. He made the silver-gilt
basket in London, England, between 1747–1748. It is
exhibited in the “Introduction to Museums” display.
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Edward Hicks painted more than 60
versions of this biblical scene featuring the child peacefully
surrounded by the wild and domestic animals. “Peaceable
Kingdom” is oil on canvas and is from the collection
of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. It is on display in the “Introduction
to American Folk Art” exhibition.
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"American Furniture: From
Virginia to Vermont" highlights furniture from New
England, Pennsylvania and Virginia. From the late 17th century
through the early 19th century, the interpretation and popularity
of designs varied due to economy, trade and culture of the
various regions. A section on painted furniture further demonstrates
regional style and decorative influences.
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Byers Choice’s Flag Bearer, Fifer
and Drummer are proud reminders of the passion that won America’s
freedom. Made in Pennsylvania, each is lovingly hand-detailed
and dressed in true-to-period clothing.
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Children will enjoy marching to the beat of
a different drummer our musical instruments. A very fine
small-scale version of the ones carried by Colonial Williamsburg’s
Fifes and Drums, this drum is handcrafted of wood with cotton
rope, leather tabs and real hide. Drumsticks are sold separately.
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Toile drapes adorn the window
of the dining room in the George Jackson House in the Historic
Area, where guests may enjoy a view of another colonial house
while enjoying morning coffee or a meal from room service.
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The George Jackson House in the
Historic Area includes a large bedroom on the main floor
with an adjoining sitting room and fireplace. Also on the
main floor, a full bath, entrance hall and dining room. Upstairs,
a second bath and two additional bedrooms make this the perfect
house for a family gathering or special occasion.
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The queen canopy bed in the main bedroom
of the Brick House Shop also is a trundle bed. The house
includes a living room with fireplace, a first floor bath
and a second bedroom and bath upstairs.
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The master bedroom in the Brick
House Shop includes comfortable easy chairs and a queen canopy
bed with a trundle underneath. The bed hangings and window
draperies are made of linen, and the William & Mary bedspread
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Draperies in the living room
of the Brick House Shop are historically accurate cotton,
unlined and trimmed in a cotton or wool tape rather than
hemmed to save fabric. The tape trim was dyed in a color
to complement a color in the fabric. All fabrics and furnishings
are inspired by original fabrics and furnishings from the
colonial period. This charming house in the Historic Area
includes two bedrooms and baths, a fireplace and a trundle
bed under the queen canopy bed in the main bedroom on the
first floor.
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One of the smaller colonial houses
in the Historic Area, the Moody Kitchen has one bedroom and
one bath.
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The Terrace Room in the Williamsburg
Inn provides a comfortable and intimate setting for afternoon
tea.
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The Regency Room in the Williamsburg
Inn offers views from windows on all four sides of the dining
room, dancing on weekend nights and a Sunday jazz brunch.
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A circular staircase in the East
wing of the Williamsburg Inn has been known as “The
Queen’s Staircase” since the 1957 visit of Queen
Elizabeth II, who was photographed descending the staircase
during her stay in the Inn.
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A new outdoor recreation pool
adjacent to the spa overlooks the Golden Horseshoe Gold Course
and clubhouse.
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Guests of the Williamsburg Inn and Williamsburg
Lodge may enjoy two relaxing outdoor swimming pools, including
this one set among the native pines and flowering crepe myrtle
trees.
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A new registration center for the
Colonial Houses–Historic Lodging and Providence Hall
Guesthouses provide individualized service specifically focused
on guests staying in these two distinct lodging facilities.
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The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg occupies
the Georgian Revival building that formerly housed the Abby
Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. It is located steps
from the Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg Inn and Golden
Horseshoe Golf Club, and is reached by way of a wisteria-covered
walkway.
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Williamsburg overlooks the outdoor recreation pool.
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Natural light brings the outdoors inside
the spa, as do the brick floor, handcrafted metal light fixtures
and furnishings inspired by garden furniture seen in photographs
of historic gardens throughout Virginia displayed throughout
the spa. Products from the spa’s signature collection
are scented with lavender and lemongrass.
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Tile floor and private showers in the sage
room allow a spa guest to have a shower following services
that include scrubs or oils that must be washed off.
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Natural light and the soothing color
of the blue cabinetry provide a serene setting for spa services
in The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg.
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Aromatherapy chosen specifically
for the guest’s mood and complexion begins the process
of relaxation prior to a rejuvenating massage.
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A fragrant combination of orange and
ginger is combined with exfoliating sugar to stimulate the
senses while smoothing the skin. A warm moisturizer is applied
to complete the treatment and leaves the skin soft and radiant.
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The Rose Garden Suite in The Spa of Colonial
Williamsburg allows couples to enjoy spa services and a whirlpool
bath together.
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Cherry furnishings and handcrafted
metal lanterns provide comfortable relaxing surroundings
for men who are enjoying the whirlpools, steam room and showers
prior to spa services or a swim in the lap pool.
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From the elevated tees, this picturesque
finishing hole on the Green Course unfolds in its entirety
before players. A wide landing area awaits the drive which
must carry a pond. The fairway tightens on the approach to
the amphitheater green, protected by numerous oval and pot
bunkers, and framed by mature trees that form a breathtaking
backdrop.
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The par-3 #7 hole on the Golden Horseshoe Gold
Course allows no margin for error.
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Golf professional Jeff Winters offers
a private lesson to a guest at the Golden Horseshoe Golf
Club.
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