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African Americans
African Americans and the Restoration of Williamsburg
by Mary Miley Theobald | Colonial Williamsburg Restoration Slideshow | Zoom in on Blueprints of the Wren BuildingSummer 2014
Lies My Docent Told Me
Myths persist in history's retelling
by Mary Miley Theobald | Merchant Match-Up GameAutumn 2010
Fighting... Maybe for Freedom, but probably not
Slaves and free blacks in the Revolutionary War
by Lloyd Dobyns | Video clips | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
Finding Slaves in Unexpected Places
Keeping Blacks in Bondage Was Not a Southern Monopoly
by James Breig | Extra imagesWinter 2005-2006
"In Mind and Heart" with the Enslaved of Yesteryear
by Will Molineux | African-American interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg SlideshowSummer 2003
Juba and Djembe: Music Helps Interpret Slavery
by Ed Crews | Music clips | Video clipsWinter 2002-2003
Animals
Living History
Colonial Williamsburg marks the 30th anniversary of its Rare Breeds program, which seeks to preserve the lineage of animals facing the prospect of extinction.
by Ben SwensonSummer 2015
Livestock as an Object Lesson: History Education on the Hoof
by Ed Crews | Livestock SlideshowSpring 2010
Captured in Watercolors
Elizabethan England's First Glimpses of New World Fauna
| View Magnified imagesWinter 2009
Here are Chick, There a Chick, Everywhere a Chick, Chick
Colonial Williamsburg's Chickens
by Ed Crews | Chickens in Williamsburg SlideshowWinter 2009
Colonial Carriage Rides
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | Colonial Carriage Rides SlideshowSummer 2008
Smart as an Ox
Beasts of Burden: Bright, Gentle, and Strong
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | Slideshow | Audio SlideshowSpring 2008
Little Iron Horses
Hard Working Canadians Have Rich Heritage
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowWinter 2008
Milking Devons
Picture Perfect Cattle for Colonial Williamsburg
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowHoliday 2007
The Bugs that Bugged the Colonists
The weevil wrought evil, but the bee brought sweetness and light
by David Robinson | Photos by Dave Doody | Crossword Puzzle | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
Rare Sheep
From Hog Island and Leicester
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | Colonial Williamsburg's Rare SheepSummer 2007
Equine Equanimity
It Takes a Special Sort of Horse
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | Colonial Williamsburg's American Cream Draft HorsesSpring 2007
Rare Breeds and Other Creatures
by Barbara Brown | Photos by photography by Dave Doody | Animals of the Historic Area SlideshowWinter 2005-2006
Archaeology
Architecture, Archaeology, and the Revolution in Williamsburg
by Edward A. Chappell | Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Drawings SlideshowSummer 2014
James Fort, Lost and Found
by William Kelso | Zoom in on Preservation Virginia's slate image | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
Peering into Rings of Grain
Dendrochronology comes of age, shedding new light on the shape of old America
by Mike OlmertSpring 2002
Architecture
Art
Ingenious and Inimitable, Artist William Hogarth Chided Authority, Ridiculed Pomposity, Mocked Religion, Pointed Out Misbehavior, and Invented the Satirical Comic Strip
by James Breig | Zoom in on Political Cartoons by William HogarthWinter 2014
What's Wrong With This Picture?
"Congress at the Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4 1776."
by Gil Klein | Explore the Painting | Zoom in on the Signers of the Declaration of IndependenceWinter 2011
Captured in Watercolors
Elizabethan England's First Glimpses of New World Fauna
| View Magnified imagesWinter 2009
Stuff and Nonsense
Myths That Should by Now Be History
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | Crossword PuzzleWinter 2008
Presidential Portraits
"Stuart is all the rage, he is almost worked to death...."
by Ellen G. Miles | Zoom in on the presidential portraitsSpring 2007
Halting Time through the Illusion of Portraiture
by Barbara Luck | Photos by Hans Lorenz | Extra imagesSummer 2005
Taking the Measure of Washington... Once More
by Mike Lombardi | Take Care of Your Teeth | Extra imagesSummer 2005
Rediscovering an American Icon
Houdon's Washington
by Tracy L. Kamerer and Scott W. Nolley | View details and images of Houdon's statue.Autumn 2003
Children
Betokening Christmas
by captions by Jan Gilliam | Photos by Tom Green | Folk Art SlideshowHoliday 2005
Halting Time through the Illusion of Portraiture
by Barbara Luck | Photos by Hans Lorenz | Extra imagesSummer 2005
Timberheads and Talking Stools
Puppets Pulled the Strings of Eighteenth-Century Audiences
by James Breig | Puppetry SlideshowSpring 2005
Babies, Balls, and Bull Roarers
Christmastime or Anytime, Kids Still Enjoy the Toys and Games Their Forebears Loved
by David Robinson | The Joys of Toys SlideshowHoliday 2004
Crime
Upon Paine of Death
The Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall
by Ivor Noël Hume | Sidebar: Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
The Many Faces of Willie Balderson
A Photo Essay
| Willie Balderson Slideshow | Willie Balderson AnimationWinter 2010
Captain Smith Departs
The Question Still Remains: Hero or Betrayer?
by Andrew G. Gardner | Photos by Dave Doody | Trace Captain Smith's route | Extra ImagesAutumn 2009
All That is Substantial and Beneficial in a Trial By Jury
by James Breig | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowSpring 2008
The Golden Age of Counterfeiting
Cashing in on Colonial Currency
by Jack Lynch | Sidebar: A Counterfeiting Silversmith | Counterfeiting slideshowSummer 2007
"The Monstrous Absurdity"
The Gunpowder Theft Examined
by Mary Miley Theobald | Extra imagesSummer 2006
A Man of Firmness
Justice John Blair and the Letter of the Law
by Jack Lynch | Extra imagesSpring 2006
Of Sharpers, Mumpers, and Fourberies
Some Early American Impostors and Rogues
by Jack Lynch | Pickpockets SlideshowSpring 2005
Lusty Beggars, Dissolute Women, Sorners, Gypsies, and Vagabonds for Virginia
by Bruce P. Lenman | Scottish Slaves SlideshowSpring 2005
Bilboes, Brands, and Branks
Colonial crime and punishment
by James A. Cox | Colonial Punishments SlideshowSpring 2003
Williamsburg and the Demimonde
Disorderly Houses, the Blue Bell, and Certain Hints of Harlotry
by Harold B. Gill Jr.Autumn 2001
Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Thief:
Down but Not Out in Colonial Virginia
by Marth W. McCarthyAutumn 2000
CW Today
Complex Reconstruction: Armoury
by Edward A. Chappell | Anderson Armoury Reconstruction Blog | Anderson Armoury WebcamSummer 2012
Reflections on Reenacting
Seeking an Authentic Past in a Specious Present
by D. A. Saguto | SlideshowWinter 2011
Celebrating the Colonial Williamsburg journal's 30th Anniversary
Autumn 1978 - Autumn 2008
by Mark JacobsAutumn 2008
Asynchronous (Adjective: Not coinciding in time)
Eighteenth-Century Clothes for a Twenty-First-Century Pose
| Asynchronous Fashion Photography Zoomable SlideshowHoliday 2006
Tools for the Times
Modern Shop Reproduces Antique Implements
by Ed Crews | Photos by Tom Green | Toolmaker SlideshowHoliday 2006
Revolutionary City
A Colonial Adventure
by Lloyd Dobyns | Photos by Dave Doody | Revolutionary City SlideshowAutumn 2006
Colonial Williamsburg
An Artifact of Popular Culture
by Christopher Geist | Notable Williamsburg Visitors SlideshowSummer 2006
The History of Historic Trades
by James M. Gaynor | An overview of current trades items | Historic Trades SlideshowWinter 2004-2005
The New Architecture of Merchants Square
by Edward Chappell | Photos by Barbara Lombardi | Extra imagesSummer 2004
Remastering a Masterwork
Restoration of The Patriot
by Richard L. McCluney | Succinct Script Yields Memorable Quotes | Flash interactive: See how the color layers of the film interact with each otherSummer 2004
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
| Photos by courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art MuseumSpring 2004
Williamsburg in Winter
by Photos by Barbara Lombardi | Additional photography by Barbara LombardiAutumn 2003
Merchants Square Meets Quinlan Terry
by Edward Chappell | View details and images of the transformations of Merchant Square.Autumn 2003
Points in Time
Photographs from a Williamsburg Collection
| "Snapshots from a Williamsburg Collection" SlideshowSummer 2003
Daily Life
Here are Chick, There a Chick, Everywhere a Chick, Chick
Colonial Williamsburg's Chickens
by Ed Crews | Chickens in Williamsburg SlideshowWinter 2009
Company for Christmas
by Christopher Geist | Photos by Craig McDougal & Tom Green | View Magnified ImagesAutumn 2008
Stuff and Nonsense
Myths That Should by Now Be History
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | Crossword PuzzleWinter 2008
Courtship, Sex, and the Single Colonist
by Andrew G. Gardner | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowHoliday 2007
The Bugs that Bugged the Colonists
The weevil wrought evil, but the bee brought sweetness and light
by David Robinson | Photos by Dave Doody | Crossword Puzzle | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
The Works at Falling Creek
"No fitter places of Mines, Wood and Water for Iron"
by Christopher Geist | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
Wills Simple and Elaborate
Bequests, Gifts, and Legacies
by James Breig | Photos by Dave Doody | View the wills close-upSummer 2007
Once Around the Colonial Seasons
by Anthoni Aveni | "To the handsomest young Country Maid" | Extra imagesHoliday 2006
Colonial Williamsburg
An Artifact of Popular Culture
by Christopher Geist | Notable Williamsburg Visitors SlideshowSummer 2006
Christmas Earnest & Christmas Game
At heart, Christmas was an oxymoron: serious and silly. Holy day as well as holiday. And sometimes violently.
by Michael Olmert | Colonial GamesHoliday 2005
A Christmas Essay
Christmas is a'coming, The goose is getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man's hat
by Ivor Noël Hume | Extra imagesHoliday 2005
Felled on the Field of Honor
The Seditious Patriot: Mr. John Daly Burk
by Jack Lynch | The Burk DuelAutumn 2005
Work, Work, and More Work
Middling Planters Took Hard Road to Wealth, Respectability in Colonial Virginia
by Ed Crews | Photos by Lael White | Agriculture SlideshowSpring 2005
Alas, Poor ...Who?
Or, Melancholy Moments in Colonial and Later Virginia
by Ivor Noël Hume | The funeral of Governor Botetourt SlideshowSpring 2005
Lusty Beggars, Dissolute Women, Sorners, Gypsies, and Vagabonds for Virginia
by Bruce P. Lenman | Scottish Slaves SlideshowSpring 2005
Williamsburg's Long Christmas
Historically, two threads run through Christmas celebrations: piety and pleasure
by Michael Olmert | Photos by Dave Doody | Recipe for a Twelfth Night Cake | Extra imagesHoliday 2004
Colonial Dress Codes
by Linda Baumgarten | View details and images of eighteenth-century dress.Winter 2003-2004
Out, "Damn'd Proverbs"
by James Breig | Interactive Game: How well do you know your 18th-century proverbs?Winter 2002-2003
Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Thief:
Down but Not Out in Colonial Virginia
by Marth W. McCarthyAutumn 2000
Democracy
"The Greatest Practical Approach to Exactness."
The Problem of Apportionment and Washington's First Veto
by Jack Lynch | Extra ImagesAutumn 2009
All That is Substantial and Beneficial in a Trial By Jury
by James Breig | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowSpring 2008
"One of the most intriguing might-have-beens in American History"
Jefferson's Tardy Constitution
by Jack Lynch | Zoom in on Jefferson's written ConstitutionSpring 2007
Death
Upon Paine of Death
The Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall
by Ivor Noël Hume | Sidebar: Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
Stuff and Nonsense
Myths That Should by Now Be History
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | Crossword PuzzleWinter 2008
Wills Simple and Elaborate
Bequests, Gifts, and Legacies
by James Breig | Photos by Dave Doody | View the wills close-upSummer 2007
Alas, Poor ...Who?
Or, Melancholy Moments in Colonial and Later Virginia
by Ivor Noël Hume | The funeral of Governor Botetourt SlideshowSpring 2005
Education
Dear Eighteenth Century
Letter from the past, delivered in the present
by James Breig | Sidebar: In Love With Letters | Zoom in on a Letter from Thomas JeffersonWinter 2011
Every Man Able to Read
Literacy in Early America
by Jack Lynch | Sidebar: Most Virginians Were Literate | Colonial LiteracyWinter 2011
Events
Exploration
James Fort, Lost and Found
by William Kelso | Zoom in on Preservation Virginia's slate image | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
The Many Faces of Willie Balderson
A Photo Essay
| Willie Balderson Slideshow | Willie Balderson AnimationWinter 2010
Captain Smith Departs
The Question Still Remains: Hero or Betrayer?
by Andrew G. Gardner | Photos by Dave Doody | Trace Captain Smith's route | Extra ImagesAutumn 2009
To Boldly Go
Captain James Cook and the Search for the Northwest Passage
by Andrew G. Gardner | Sidebar: Finding One's WayWinter 2009
"Things which seame incredible"
Cannibalism in Early Jamestown
by Mark Nicholls | Sidebar: "Such a dish as powdered wife I never heard of" | Download Percy's A Trewe RelacyonExtra images
Winter 2007
Food
A Cup of Hot Chocolate, S'good for What Ails Ya
by Mary Miley Theobald | Sidebar: Top Chocolate Destination | Extra ImagesCoffee and Chocolate Pots Slideshow
Winter 2012
Some Cold, Hard Historical Facts about Good Old Ice Cream
by Mary Miley Theobald | Ice Cream Slideshow | Ice Cream PodcastIce Cream Video
Spring 2010
Some Pumpkins!
Halloween and Pumpkins in Colonial America
by Mary Miley Theobald | Pumpkin Carving Patterns | Pumpkin Gnocci Recipe CardAutumn 2009
When Whiskey Was the King of Drink
by Mark Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody & Tom Green | Extra imagesSummer 2008
Rattle-Skull, Stonewall, Bogus, Blackstrap, Bombo, Mimbo, Whistle Belly, Syllabub, Sling, Toddy, and Flip
Drinking in Colonial America
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowHoliday 2007
"Things which seame incredible"
Cannibalism in Early Jamestown
by Mark Nicholls | Sidebar: "Such a dish as powdered wife I never heard of" | Download Percy's A Trewe RelacyonExtra images
Winter 2007
"A Much More Respectable Bird... a Bird of Courage"
A Short History of the Turkey
by Andrew G. Gardner | Turkey Slideshow | Turkey RecipesHoliday 2006
Dessert Pyramids
A Feast for the Eyes and the Palate
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | A Feast for the EyesHoliday 2005
Work, Work, and More Work
Middling Planters Took Hard Road to Wealth, Respectability in Colonial Virginia
by Ed Crews | Photos by Lael White | Agriculture SlideshowSpring 2005
Smokehouses
Foursquare and Stolid, These Buildings Were a Hardworking Adornment to the Colonial Backyard
by Michael Olmert | The SmokehouseWinter 2004-2005
Historic Documents
Staying Connected before the Age of the Silicon Chip
The Printing Office
by Susan Berg | Zoom in on printed documentsAutumn 2011
Dear Eighteenth Century
Letter from the past, delivered in the present
by James Breig | Sidebar: In Love With Letters | Zoom in on a Letter from Thomas JeffersonWinter 2011
Every Man Able to Read
Literacy in Early America
by Jack Lynch | Sidebar: Most Virginians Were Literate | Colonial LiteracyWinter 2011
Out, "Damn'd Proverbs"
by James Breig | Interactive Game: How well do you know your 18th-century proverbs?Winter 2002-2003
Holidays
Some Pumpkins!
Halloween and Pumpkins in Colonial America
by Mary Miley Theobald | Pumpkin Carving Patterns | Pumpkin Gnocci Recipe CardAutumn 2009
With Boughs of Holly
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | Image Comparison FeatureAutumn 2008
Company for Christmas
by Christopher Geist | Photos by Craig McDougal & Tom Green | View Magnified ImagesAutumn 2008
In "the country wherein it hath pleased the divine providence to appoint our lot,"
Early American Jews Found Freedom to Celebrate Autumn's High Holy Days
by Robert Doares | Extra imagesHoliday 2007
Once Around the Colonial Seasons
by Anthoni Aveni | "To the handsomest young Country Maid" | Extra imagesHoliday 2006
Betokening Christmas
by captions by Jan Gilliam | Photos by Tom Green | Folk Art SlideshowHoliday 2005
Dessert Pyramids
A Feast for the Eyes and the Palate
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | A Feast for the EyesHoliday 2005
Christmas Earnest & Christmas Game
At heart, Christmas was an oxymoron: serious and silly. Holy day as well as holiday. And sometimes violently.
by Michael Olmert | Colonial GamesHoliday 2005
Christmas Trees, the Confederacy, and Colonial Williamsburg
by Harold B. Gill Jr. | Extra imagesHoliday 2005
Wreaths, Garlands, Ropes, and Fruit
| Photos by Barbara Lombardi | Wreaths, Garlands, Ropes & Fruit SlideshowHoliday 2005
A Christmas Essay
Christmas is a'coming, The goose is getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man's hat
by Ivor Noël Hume | Extra imagesHoliday 2005
Captain John Smith's Christmas
by Dennis Montgomery | Trace Smith's likely 1607 and 1608 Christmastime routes.Holiday 2004
Christmas Music in Colonial Days
by John Turner | Photos by Dave Doody | Sample some holiday music | Extra imagesHoliday 2004
The Community Christmas Tree in America's Hometown
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesHoliday 2004
Williamsburg's Long Christmas
Historically, two threads run through Christmas celebrations: piety and pleasure
by Michael Olmert | Photos by Dave Doody | Recipe for a Twelfth Night Cake | Extra imagesHoliday 2004
Jamestown
James Fort, Lost and Found
by William Kelso | Zoom in on Preservation Virginia's slate image | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
Upon Paine of Death
The Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall
by Ivor Noël Hume | Sidebar: Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
In Praise or Damning Caricature
An Early Seventeenth-Century Identification Badge
by Bly Straube | Extra ImagesWinter 2010
Captain Smith Departs
The Question Still Remains: Hero or Betrayer?
by Andrew G. Gardner | Photos by Dave Doody | Trace Captain Smith's route | Extra ImagesAutumn 2009
Anniversaries and the Origin of History
A Jamestown 400th Anniversary Story
by Michael Olmert | The Queen's 1957 visit to Jamestown slideshow | The Queen's 1957 visit to Jamestown slideshow with zoom featureThe Queen's 1957 visit to Jamestown movie
Spring 2007
Historical Rivalry
Virginia's Jamestown was the continent's first permanent English settlement. So how is that Massachusetts's Plymouth has precedence in the minds of so many Americans?
by James Axtell | Extra imagesWinter 2007
"Things which seame incredible"
Cannibalism in Early Jamestown
by Mark Nicholls | Sidebar: "Such a dish as powdered wife I never heard of" | Download Percy's A Trewe RelacyonExtra images
Winter 2007
Military
A Battalion of Skills
Laborers whose trades helped the military, called artificers, navigated a "messy" supply system
by Nicole TrifoneAutumn 2016
The War
The Battle of Williamsburg in 1862
by Alexander Chesterfield | Sidebar: The Betrayal of Captain Bolling | Zoom in on the Battle of WilliamsburgExtra Images
Summer 2011
Fighting... Maybe for Freedom, but probably not
Slaves and free blacks in the Revolutionary War
by Lloyd Dobyns | Video clips | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
"Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye Rebels, Disperse!"
by Dennis Montgomery | Fields of Fire - Four Views of the Fatal DaySummer 2006
Captain Jack Jouett's Ride to the Rescue
Did Virginia's Paul Revere Spare Thomas Jefferson the Acquaintance of a British Hangman?
by Ed Crews | Extra imagesSummer 2006
Spies and Scouts, Secret Writing, and Sympathetic Citizens
by Ed Crews | Learn to decipher the CUPID code. | View video excerpts from our Electronic Field Trip: In the General's Secret ServiceSummer 2004
Enduring Images of War
by J. Hunter Barbour | Photos by Tom Green | Medals from the Lasser Collection SlideshowWinter 2002-2003
Museums
The Eye of a Folk Art Pioneer
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller saw American treasures where some collectors saw untrained creativity
by Ben SwensonSpring 2017
Showing Off
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Celebrates a Birthday at New York's Winter Antiques Show
by Jody TaylorWinter 2017
Time for the Royals
Tompion's Clock
by Graham Hood | Photos by Hans Lorenz | Zoom in for a closer look at Tompion's ClockSummer 2004
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
| Photos by courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art MuseumSpring 2004
State, Dignity, Authority
Four Williamsburg Chairs Are Distinctive Expressions of Colonial Sophistication and Culture
by Graham HoodSpring 2003
"The Best Is Not Too Good For You"
Colonial Williamsburg Celebrates Seventy-Five Years of Collecting at New York's Forty-Seventh Winter Antiques Show
by Sophia HartWinter 2000-2001
Music
The Spirit-stirring Drum, the Ear-piercing Fife
A Photo Essay
| Fifes and Drums SlideshowWinter 2004-2005
Christmas Music in Colonial Days
by John Turner | Photos by Dave Doody | Sample some holiday music | Extra imagesHoliday 2004
Juba and Djembe: Music Helps Interpret Slavery
by Ed Crews | Music clips | Video clipsWinter 2002-2003
Peter Redstone Builds a Barton Portable
"You really can fall in love with the sound of harpsichord"
Spring 2002
Native Americans
We Are Not Going To Go Away
Virginia's Pamunkey Indians Greeted the Jamestown Settlers, but They Are Still Waiting for National Recognition
by Andrew G. GardnerSpring2013
In Praise or Damning Caricature
An Early Seventeenth-Century Identification Badge
by Bly Straube | Extra ImagesWinter 2010
Native Numerals
Among American Indians, Numbers Counted for More than Math
by Anthony F. Aveni | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
"Things which seame incredible"
Cannibalism in Early Jamestown
by Mark Nicholls | Sidebar: "Such a dish as powdered wife I never heard of" | Download Percy's A Trewe RelacyonExtra images
Winter 2007
The Tyme Appointed
by Mary Miley Theobald | Learn about Captain John Smith's capture and rescue through his 1624 illustration.Autumn 2005
People
Pamunkey Recognition
by Ben Swenson | Sidebar: Modern and Indian | Pamunkey Colonial CommercePamunkeys Today
Spring 2015
Physical, Intellectual, Biographical:
Our Ideas of Privacy and Their Evolution
by Cathy Hellier | Zoom in on Benjamin Waller's Letter | Extra ImagesWinter 2013
How Did Washington Make His Millions?
by Andrew G. Gardner | Zoom in on Washington's WealthWinter 2013
Murder by Namesake:
The Poisoning of the Eminent George Wythe
by Mary Miley Theobald | Zoom in on Wythe Court Records | Extra ImagesWinter 2013
George Washington and the Evolution of the American Commander in Chief
by Christopher Geist | Zoom in on Prints from the Library of CongressSummer 2012
Dear Eighteenth Century
Letter from the past, delivered in the present
by James Breig | Sidebar: In Love With Letters | Zoom in on a Letter from Thomas JeffersonWinter 2011
"His Integrity Inflexible, and His Justice Exact"
George Wythe Teaches America the Law
by Jack Lynch | Extra Images | Zoomable WillSpring 2010
Monticello Was among the Prizes in a Lottery for a Ruined Jefferson's Relief
by Gaye Wilson | Extra ImagesWinter 2010
"The Greatest Practical Approach to Exactness."
The Problem of Apportionment and Washington's First Veto
by Jack Lynch | Extra ImagesAutumn 2009
Captain Smith Departs
The Question Still Remains: Hero or Betrayer?
by Andrew G. Gardner | Photos by Dave Doody | Trace Captain Smith's route | Extra ImagesAutumn 2009
To Boldly Go
Captain James Cook and the Search for the Northwest Passage
by Andrew G. Gardner | Sidebar: Finding One's WayWinter 2009
The Works at Falling Creek
"No fitter places of Mines, Wood and Water for Iron"
by Christopher Geist | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
Presidential Portraits
"Stuart is all the rage, he is almost worked to death...."
by Ellen G. Miles | Zoom in on the presidential portraitsSpring 2007
Captain Jack Jouett's Ride to the Rescue
Did Virginia's Paul Revere Spare Thomas Jefferson the Acquaintance of a British Hangman?
by Ed Crews | Extra imagesSummer 2006
A Man of Firmness
Justice John Blair and the Letter of the Law
by Jack Lynch | Extra imagesSpring 2006
The Tyme Appointed
by Mary Miley Theobald | Learn about Captain John Smith's capture and rescue through his 1624 illustration.Autumn 2005
The Restoration of James Madison's Montpelier
by Edward A. Chappell | Montpelier SlideshowSpring 2005
Captain John Smith's Christmas
by Dennis Montgomery | Trace Smith's likely 1607 and 1608 Christmastime routes.Holiday 2004
About Faces
by Photos by Tom Green; Art Direction Abigail Schumann | About Faces SlideshowAutumn 2004
"An honest, upright, and industrious man, a kind and obliging neighbor, and a good citizen"
by J. Hunter Barbour | Extra imagesAutumn 2004
Rediscovering an American Icon
Houdon's Washington
by Tracy L. Kamerer and Scott W. Nolley | View details and images of Houdon's statue.Autumn 2003
"Treason is but trusted like the fox" - Shakespeare
Whatever Happened to Benedict Arnold?
by Mary TheobaldSummer 2001
Places
James Fort, Lost and Found
by William Kelso | Zoom in on Preservation Virginia's slate image | Extra ImagesSummer 2011
Monticello Was among the Prizes in a Lottery for a Ruined Jefferson's Relief
by Gaye Wilson | Extra ImagesWinter 2010
Williamsburg Again Has an R. Charlton's Coffeehouse
A place to consider the roles of refreshment, debate, and ideas on the cusp of revolution
by Michael Olmert | Sidebar: Exploring the Coffeehouse | Coffeehouse ScreensaverWinter 2010
Laundries
Largest Buildings in the Eighteenth Century Backyard
by Michael Olmert | Laundries SlideshowAutumn 2009
Offices
A late eighteenth-century development, the office outbuilding drew a line between family and commerce
by Michael Olmert | Offices SlideshowSpring 2009
The Works at Falling Creek
"No fitter places of Mines, Wood and Water for Iron"
by Christopher Geist | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
Historical Rivalry
Virginia's Jamestown was the continent's first permanent English settlement. So how is that Massachusetts's Plymouth has precedence in the minds of so many Americans?
by James Axtell | Extra imagesWinter 2007
Cool, Calm, Clean
Dairies were the most elaborate of outbuildings, and the cleanest
by Michael Olmert | The Dairy SlideshowWinter 2005-2006
The Restoration of James Madison's Montpelier
by Edward A. Chappell | Montpelier SlideshowSpring 2005
Smokehouses
Foursquare and Stolid, These Buildings Were a Hardworking Adornment to the Colonial Backyard
by Michael Olmert | The SmokehouseWinter 2004-2005
The Architect of Colonial Williamsburg
William Graves Perry
by Will Molineaux | Extra imagesAutumn 2004
"Our little colonial house"
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Bassett Hall
by Mary Miley TheobaldAutumn 2002
Palace Days
Recollections of Dismantling the Most Beautiful Rooms in America
by Graham HoodWinter 2000-2001
Politics
Complex Reconstruction: Armoury
by Edward A. Chappell | Anderson Armoury Reconstruction Blog | Anderson Armoury WebcamSummer 2012
Debating the Bill of Rights
"What No Government Should Refuse, or Rest on Inference"
by Jack Lynch | View Magnified ImageWinter 2009
Presidential Portraits
"Stuart is all the rage, he is almost worked to death...."
by Ellen G. Miles | Zoom in on the presidential portraitsSpring 2007
Religion
In "the country wherein it hath pleased the divine providence to appoint our lot,"
Early American Jews Found Freedom to Celebrate Autumn's High Holy Days
by Robert Doares | Extra imagesHoliday 2007
Christmas Trees, the Confederacy, and Colonial Williamsburg
by Harold B. Gill Jr. | Extra imagesHoliday 2005
Williamsburg's Long Christmas
Historically, two threads run through Christmas celebrations: piety and pleasure
by Michael Olmert | Photos by Dave Doody | Recipe for a Twelfth Night Cake | Extra imagesHoliday 2004
Restoration
African Americans and the Restoration of Williamsburg
by Mary Miley Theobald | Colonial Williamsburg Restoration Slideshow | Zoom in on Blueprints of the Wren BuildingSummer 2014
Complex Reconstruction: Armoury
by Edward A. Chappell | Anderson Armoury Reconstruction Blog | Anderson Armoury WebcamSummer 2012
Designers of Beauty
Academic Training and Williamsburg's Architectural Restoration
by George Humphrey Yetter | Architectural Drawings from the RestorationWinter 2012
Revolution
Commonsense Arguments for American Independence
Thomas Paine Promoted Revolution, Rights, and Reason
by Susan Berg | Extra ImagesAutumn 2013
Fighting... Maybe for Freedom, but probably not
Slaves and free blacks in the Revolutionary War
by Lloyd Dobyns | Video clips | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
Revolutionary City
A Colonial Adventure
by Lloyd Dobyns | Photos by Dave Doody | Revolutionary City SlideshowAutumn 2006
"The Monstrous Absurdity"
The Gunpowder Theft Examined
by Mary Miley Theobald | Extra imagesSummer 2006
"Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye Rebels, Disperse!"
by Dennis Montgomery | Fields of Fire - Four Views of the Fatal DaySummer 2006
The Alternative of Williams-Burg
"Monster madness... the Patriots are in high Spirits just now."
by Robert Doares | Extra imagesSpring 2006
Felled on the Field of Honor
The Seditious Patriot: Mr. John Daly Burk
by Jack Lynch | The Burk DuelAutumn 2005
Spies and Scouts, Secret Writing, and Sympathetic Citizens
by Ed Crews | Learn to decipher the CUPID code. | View video excerpts from our Electronic Field Trip: In the General's Secret ServiceSummer 2004
Living the Revolution
Colonial Williamsburg's New Historic Area Adventure
by Bill WeldonWinter 2003-2004
Promises to Pay, Promises Unkept
How We Won a War and Lost Our Shirts
by Richard G. Doty | Photos by Tom Green | Extra imagesSummer 2003
Enduring Images of War
by J. Hunter Barbour | Photos by Tom Green | Medals from the Lasser Collection SlideshowWinter 2002-2003
Science
Mumbo Jumbo Meets its Match
Superstition and spritualism examined
by Andrew G. Gardner | Zodiac SlideshowAutumn 2010
Native Numerals
Among American Indians, Numbers Counted for More than Math
by Anthony F. Aveni | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
The Technology of History
Modern science is helping to solve the puzzles of the past
by Michael J. Lombardi | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesAutumn 2006
Astronomers and Stargazers
Eyeing a Heliocentric Heaven for Planets, Portents, and Horoscopes
by Anthony F. Aveni | Sidebar: Of Lenses and Tinderboxes | Extra imagesWinter 2005-2006
A Field Spacious and Untrodden
The Virginian Society for the Promotion of Usefull Knowledge
by Robert Doares | Additional photos of items used in the study of scientific knowledge.Autumn 2003
Peering into Rings of Grain
Dendrochronology comes of age, shedding new light on the shape of old America
by Mike OlmertSpring 2002
Seasons
Ninety Delightful Days and More
Historic sites in resplendent seasonal color
| Ninety Days SlideshowAutumn 2010
Williamsburg in Winter
by Photos by Barbara Lombardi | Additional photography by Barbara LombardiAutumn 2003
Social
Rattle-Skull, Stonewall, Bogus, Blackstrap, Bombo, Mimbo, Whistle Belly, Syllabub, Sling, Toddy, and Flip
Drinking in Colonial America
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | SlideshowHoliday 2007
Gossip, Flattery, and Flirtation
The Art of Eighteenth-Century Letter Writing
by Andrew Gardner | The Quill Pen | Flash interactive: Write with a quill penExtra images
Winter 2007
Technology
Powering the Eighteenth Century
by Abigail Schumann | Photos by Dave Doody | Powering the Eighteenth Century SlideshowSummer 2008
The Works at Falling Creek
"No fitter places of Mines, Wood and Water for Iron"
by Christopher Geist | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesAutumn 2007
The Technology of History
Modern science is helping to solve the puzzles of the past
by Michael J. Lombardi | Photos by Dave Doody | Extra imagesAutumn 2006
Astronomers and Stargazers
Eyeing a Heliocentric Heaven for Planets, Portents, and Horoscopes
by Anthony F. Aveni | Sidebar: Of Lenses and Tinderboxes | Extra imagesWinter 2005-2006
A Field Spacious and Untrodden
The Virginian Society for the Promotion of Usefull Knowledge
by Robert Doares | Additional photos of items used in the study of scientific knowledge.Autumn 2003
Trades
A Dose of Expertise
Apothecary shop's longtime employees bring depth to medical interpretation
by Nicole TrifoneSpring 2017
A Battalion of Skills
Laborers whose trades helped the military, called artificers, navigated a "messy" supply system
by Nicole TrifoneAutumn 2016
Why Do We Cast Cannons, Make Wooden Wheels, and Build Coffeehouses?
by Jay Gaynor | Historic Trades SlideshowSpring 2010
Working Carts and Wagons
People Require Something with Wheels
by Ed Crews | Carts SlideshowSpring 2009
Tools of the Trades
A Photo Essay
by J. Hunter Barbour | Photos by Dave Doody | Slideshow | Historic Trades ScreensaverWinter 2008
Tools for the Times
Modern Shop Reproduces Antique Implements
by Ed Crews | Photos by Tom Green | Toolmaker SlideshowHoliday 2006
"Every part works in harmony"
The Venerable Craft of Basketmaking
by Ed Crews | The Basketmaking Craft SlideshowSpring 2006
Handiwork
by art direction by Abigail Schumann | Photos by photography by Tom Green | Hands SlideshowSpring 2006
Volumes to Last for Centuries
Bookbinders
by Ed Crews | Photos by Tom Green | The Bindery TradeSummer 2005
The History of Historic Trades
by James M. Gaynor | An overview of current trades items | Historic Trades SlideshowWinter 2004-2005
Wheels and Riding Carts
The Wheelwright Trade
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | The Wheelwright Trade Slideshow | Extra imagesWinter 2004-2005
"With All the Grace of the Sex"
Women in Trades
by Donna Dene Woodward | Photos by Dave Doody | Women in Trades slideshow | Sound clipSpring 2004
Cast in the Colonial Mold
The Geddy Foundry
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | The Foundry Trade SlideshowWinter 2003-2004
Making Circles
The Cooper's Trade at Colonial Williamsburg
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | The Cooper Trade Slideshow | Video clips from "The Cooper's Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making."Autumn 2003
Plain and Neat
Cabinetmakers Preserve the Arts of Eighteenth-century Furniture
by Ed Crews | View videos of a cabinetmaker at workSummer 2003
Colonial Williamsburg Carpenters Construct Buildings of the Past
Reproduction Structures Offer Guests Look at Trade, Hands-on Experience
by Ed Crews | Carpentry toolsSpring 2003
Transportation
The Duke of Gloucester Street Special
by Will Molineux | Illustrations for Yorktown's centennial celebration | Extra ImagesWinter 2012
Working Carts and Wagons
People Require Something with Wheels
by Ed Crews | Carts SlideshowSpring 2009
Colonial Carriage Rides
by Ed Crews | Photos by Dave Doody | Colonial Carriage Rides SlideshowSummer 2008
Town Coach
Elegant, Eye-Catching Eighteenth-Century Vehicle Travels Colonial Williamsburg Streets
by Ed Crews | Town Coach SlideshowAutumn 2006
Women
Stuff and Nonsense
Myths That Should by Now Be History
by Mary Miley Theobald | Photos by Dave Doody | Crossword PuzzleWinter 2008
Lusty Beggars, Dissolute Women, Sorners, Gypsies, and Vagabonds for Virginia
by Bruce P. Lenman | Scottish Slaves SlideshowSpring 2005
"With All the Grace of the Sex"
Women in Trades
by Donna Dene Woodward | Photos by Dave Doody | Women in Trades slideshow | Sound clipSpring 2004
Williamsburg and the Demimonde
Disorderly Houses, the Blue Bell, and Certain Hints of Harlotry
by Harold B. Gill Jr.Autumn 2001