The historical area of Colonial Williamsburg is about one mile by one half mile. Houses along the street are restored from the mid 1700's and are just beautiful.
This is the original Virginia capitol building. Here in 1775 the Virginia colonial government authored the Virginia bill of rights much of which was used as a starting place for the Declaration of Independence.
Here Patrick Henry addressed the Colonial government in favor of independence.
This is the chamber of the upper house of the colonial government in 1776. This building served as the seat of Virginia government till about 1813 when the state capitol moved to Richmond.
More of the historical buildings on the main street.
More of the historical buildings. Buildings date to the early 1700's but have been restored to original condition in the 1940's when Rockefeller provided the money for restoration.
This is the Williamsburg Court House where all trials except felonies were heard. Each building had someone inside who provided details of what was happening in the 1775 time frame.
This is the Williamsburg church which is still in use today. The buildings were all beautiful and the people were knowledgeable and would spend as much time as you wanted talking about the town and the time.
This is the Governors palace which was occupied by Lord Dunsmore. until he departed in the middle of the night in April of 1775. He was appointed by King George and it seems that he was doing things the colonists didn't appreciate. So, fearing for his life he just up and went away one night.
That's all from Williamsburg..... more from Yorktown and Jamestown if the US Government doesn't shut down.
1 comment:
been here too, how many places have I gone to that you have gone to?
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