Our last day in Colonial Williamsburg Featured Benedict Arnold, Lafayette, and Washington
1781, the year General Washington sent Lafayette with his dragoons to capture the traitor Benedict Arnold, who had burned down the capitol in Richmond.
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1781, the year General Washington sent Lafayette with his dragoons to capture the traitor Benedict Arnold, who had burned down the capitol in Richmond.
When we vacationed in Virginia in 2004, it seemed everywhere we went, Lafayette was mentioned. While perusing the weekly Colonial Williamsburg schedule…
With anticipation we took the nature path from the visitor center to Colonial Williamsburg, after reading the time travel signs on the bridge…
It was time to plan costumes for our next history presentation. When I saw the cover of the Jean Fritz book about…
Who’d have thought, all the costumes I’ve been sewing for history presentations would come in handy for another purpose?! The Request At…
Bootmaker My son, who wanted to be Robin Hood for the Medieval Feast, had strong ideas about the costume. He let me…
As we sat there our cat, Slipper, sauntered by. The kids giggled and quickly got the idea to let her be our Cat of Bubastees.
After our studies of Moses and Ancient Egypt, we watched a favorite DVD, The Ten Commandments (1956) directed by Cecil B. DeMille.…
One of my favorite times of the year at my church is the yearly missionay conference that lasts for a week. All…
Once upon a time on television from 1995 to 1997, my toddler children time traveled with a Jack Russell Terrier named Wishbone.…