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May 16, 2012
Watch our live webcast Saturday at 3:00 EDT
How does a community decide to rebel against its government? Watch how Williamsburg chose independence in May’s live webcast, hosted and moderated by public radio personality Cathy Lewis. See reenactments from our Revolutionary City program alongside interviews and discussion from historians and interpreters.
May 15, 2012
Come out for Drummers Call, May 18-20
Music is on the march this weekend as Fifes and Drums regiments from across the country converge in Williamsburg for a three-day muster. Plan to visit for a long weekend packed with special events and plenty of military field music.
Learn more about all of this weekend’s big events.
May 11, 2012
An update from the cannon project
Our apologies for the absence of recent posts to the cannon blog. Historic Trades’ attention has been focused on the Armoury project and a host of smaller undertakings around town, but a group of folks has been working diligently behind the scenes to get ready for another pour.
After our failed pour of June 2010, the Historic Trades brickmasons removed the entire superstructure of the furnace down to the melting pan. Examining the mass of bronze there did not reveal anything conclusive about the failure, but reinforced the probability that the metal simply was not hot enough when we …
May 10, 2012
Does education make people better citizens?
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree.”
–Thomas Jefferson, 1782 Notes on the State of Virginia
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May 9, 2012
Where there’s smoke, there’s history
Watch our latest vodcast on the antique fire engine now on display at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. How do you put out a blaze before fire hydrants and diesel power? Learn the surprising history of physics and force.
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May 7, 2012
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