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Grand Illumination — which includes Colonial Williamsburg’s annual fireworks extravaganza — has gone through a variety of changes over its 90-year history, with a number of its features ...
On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY)- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is partnering with the College of William & Mary to relocate a building that once housed a school for free and enslaved black children.
A photo caption included in an earlier version of this story gave the incorrect last name for an actor-interpreter in Colonial Williamsburg. His name is Dennis Watson, not Dennis Montgomery. The ...
Archaeologists uncovered the 18th-century Bray School site, among the first to educate Black children in the U.S., revealing ...
How to plan the perfect trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. This hub of American colonial history features cobblestone streets, botanical gardens, theme parks—and a 300-acre living history museum.
Colonial Williamsburg is one of 23 treasure troves of “authentic locales in the South that each offer an experience you can only have there,” according to Southern Living magazine.
WILLIAMSBURG — Beginning in 1760, two dozen or so enslaved and free Black children attended school each day in a small, two-story cottage in Williamsburg, a location suggested by Benjamin ...
Archaeologists unexpectedly unearthed the remnants of a 17th-century home's foundation while doing excavation work in ...
This week we leave Manhattan for Brooklyn, right off the Montrose L stop in East Williamsburg. This is where 23-year-old Lacie (a preschool teacher), her boyfriend, and their friend live.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Construction for the Colonial Parkway will begin Aug. 14. The Great Americans Outdoors Act, or GAOA, Legacy Restoration Fund is providing approximately $123 million… ...