Enjoying a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas
All in all, introducing my youngest sweetheart to a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas in the evening candlelight was the best part of the day!
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Colonial Williamsburg Time Travels
Historic Powhatan Resort eases Speed Dial Vacation
At Powhatan Resort is an 18th cetury manor house, garden, and pond, all reminescent of the Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg.
1824 Lafayette, Tailor, and Spring: Colonial Williamsburg
In this new program reenacting Lafayette’s Grand Tour of America in 1824, he told more of his lesser-told story, of how he survived the French Revolution.
Milliner, Horses, and Gardens: Colonial Williamsburg
After leaving the milliners, I shopped at the Prentis Store, then visited Mann Page and James Madison, who saw me as they rode by on their horses.
A peek into Christmastide: Colonial Williamsburg
Even though many decorations are up by Thanksgiving, the decorators have until Grand Illumination to finish hanging all the wreaths, which is another week away.
Favorite House, Friends, and Gardens: Colonial Williamsburg
Tucked away from the busy-ness of the town, secluded among the horses and the trees, resides one of my favorite Virginia colonial houses.
Mantua Makers Sew a Gown in a Day: Colonial Williamsburg
First we went to the milliner to see the one event that would encompass most of our day…watching the draping and hand sewing of an 18th century gown in one day!
A bit of l’Hermione, Historic Sewing, and Cheese Shop
After visiting Lafayette’s frigate, l’Hermione, in Yorktown, we took a quick jaunt to Colonial Williamsburg to visit the milliner! Why not?
Ode to Costume Vignettes in the Governor’s Palace Gardens
The best years of our lives were the historical journeys in historical clothing in the historic area, and the tailors and milliners who helped us dream.
1955 Williamsburg Award becomes the Winston Churchill Bell
One such bell rung forth from the halls of Parliament in England during the dark days of Hitler’s terrifying advance through Europe.
