Bill of Rights, Fencing, and Dancing: Colonial Williamsburg
On the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the historical interpreters for Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson stepped out of character.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Tag: George Whitefield
The day George Whitefield preached in Colonial Williamsburg
On George Whitefield’s twenty-fifth birthday, he preached to a packed Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, on December 16, 1739.
Nor’easter, audition, mistaken identity: Colonial Williamsburg
While waiting to enter, a guest said to me, “I wonder what the speaker behind you will talk about?” (referring to my son in costume)
George Whitefield Canceled due to snow: Colonial Williamsburg
On December 16, 1739, George Whitefield preached at Bruton Parish Church, an event that Colonial Williamsburg reenacts yearly on that very day.
First Great Awakening prepared colonies for Independence
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical [imaginary] idea. -James Madison
