2019 sauntering home – part 3, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg’s Palace Green
A destination where we’ve wanted to go to for a number of years is Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. As the 2nd capital in Virginia’s history, it led the way as...
2019 sauntering home – part 4, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg’s Market Square and why Virginia led the way to revolution
Our second look at Colonial Williamsburg takes us to the city’s courthouse, a tavern, the military magazine, a tin shop, and a parade all in the Market Square, the middle...
2019 sauntering home – part 5, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg’s Capitol and surrounding buildings, best pot roast ever
The third area of Colonial Williamsburg that we walked through is referred to as “Capitol” and includes this legislative building and burgesses who had such an important role in how...
2019 sauntering home – part 6, Virginia: the story behind restoring Colonial Williamsburg
You’ve probably been wondering—as we did—how it is that we have this wonderful Colonial Williamsburg that we can tour today. How it is that we can learn the history behind...
2019 sauntering home – part 7, Virginia: Jamestown settlement in pictures, Capt. John Smith, and Pocahontas
A friend on FaceBook said that her favorite place along the Virginia coast was Jamestown. Hmmm. Since we’ve already decided to come back to Colonial Williamsburg in December to see...