Jamestown Colony - Teacups in the Garden

Bell Tower restored with recently fired bricks: Jamestowne

Some of the Colonial Williamsburg brickmakers are reconstructing the bell tower at Jamestowne with the same bricks we recently saw fired.

William Strachey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Jamestowne

Strachey’s story had me on the edge of my seat, intensely caught up in his word choice that made the drama come alive…resulting in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Historically playing in Brickyard Mud: Colonial Williamsburg

Checking the progress of the clamp from the firing of bricks last weekend, where I got some great photos as they discussed the brick making process.

Brickyard fires bricks for Jamestowne: Colonial Williamsburg

During Under the Redcoat at Colonial Williamsburg, the kids and I visited our first brick burn on two different nights, which was a neat evening program.

Burning Jamestowne Reenactment of Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676

As a guard stood nearby, we were led to each scene in the dark with the aid of burning, crackling cressets and Mr. Matthew’s lone candle in the tin lantern.

My son reenacts first House of Burgesses 1619 Jamestowne

Three pages of laws debated by the 1619 burgesses for a week were distributed among us, while my son led discussion with one of the pages.

1600-1750 British Mercantilism Rhetoric History Presentation

We did a great deal of research on mercantilism so that we could create an interactive opportunity to experience mercantilism, set in various 1750 world ports.