The UAV parked on Navy Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex. You can read more about this place here: Cheatham_Annex |
Our second tire problem of the trip! The tire on the opposite side of the motor home that went flat in Roswell, NM was the culprit this time! These tires ain't cheap! |
I had the honor of having dinner with a retired comrade of mine, Colonel Mark "Oscar" Maier. We go way back to the days of Captain and Major. A true friend and patriot! |
The gals in front of Colonial Williamsburg Royal Governor's house. The Governor's Palace was the home of five Royal Lt. Governors, two Royal Governors, and the first two Governor's of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. An act by Virginia's General Assembly in 1706 authorized the construction of a residence in Williamsburg for the Governor. The Palace, completed in 1722, was destroyed by a fire in 1781, while it was being used as a hospital for Americans wounded at the battle of Yorktown. The Palace was reconstructed on its original foundations and is furnished to represent the home of the last British Royal Governor of Virginia, Hohn Murray, the fourth Earl of Dunmore and his family. You can read all about it here: Governor's Palace |
Hailey takes in the sights and sounds of the Governor's kitchen. Here they make and display foods in the traditional fashion that would have been served in the Governor's house. Read about food here: Colonial Foodways |
George Washington was a regular in Williamsburg, where he was a member of the House of Burgesses. And lo and behold who do we run into on the streets of Williamsburg? Colonel George Washington himself....Huzzah! You can read about our First President and his Williamsburg connection here: George Washington |
Okay, I have to admit I had no idea what a Millinery was! Well, it turns out that it is right up Hailey's alley. It's akin to a tailor's shop and dress maker. You can read about it more here: Millinery |
Outside the courthouse, Hailey serves out her sentence! |
Stacey poses in front a wall of British Brown Bess flintlock muskets, which was the M-16 of it's day. This picture was taken in the reconstructed town "Magazine". It was built in 1715 and was colonial Virginia's storehouse for guns, ammunition and military supplies. On the night of April 20-21, 1775 British Governor Dunmore removed gunpowder belonging to the Colony, which touched off the Revolution in Virginia before news of the Battle of Lexington reached Williamsburg. You can read more about it here: The Magazine |
Hailey checks out the local silversmith shop. You can read more about it here: Silversmith |
Heidi in front of the town coffee house with the Colonial Virginia Capitol building in the background. You can read about the Capitol here: Colonial Virginia Capitol Below you can watch a night Fife & Drum demonstration along with the lighting of torches and lamps in Williamsburg. Very cool. You can read more about the Fife and Drum here: Fife & Drum |
The Capitol illuminated from the torches the Fife and Drum Corps had lit earlier. |
We learned that glass making is the oldest trade craft in America, making it's start here in Jamestown. |
The girls take in a glass blowing demonstration next to the original glass house site. We learned that glass is 60 percent sand; 15 percent soda ash; 15 percent pot ash; and 10 percent lime. |
We had seen demonstrations of flintlock muskets, but this was the first time we saw a demonstration fire of a matchlock musket. You can read about the matchlock musket here: Matchlock |
We check out what the well equipped Jamestown colonist might have in the armory. |
Hailey checks out leather working. |
And she tries out her hand at fetching water! |
Hailey shows off the bounty of the colonial garden! |
Heidi, our traveling Christian Apologist, debates Truth with a crew member on board the Susan Constant. Well, done Heidi! |
Hailey strikes the salty sailor pose with one of the Susan Constant crew members! Ahoy, their Hailey! |