Colonial Williamsburg

It has been 13 years since I was last here and amazingly enough, time has stood still. The only difference was that I wasn't busy writing down facts and shopping for artifacts to take back to my 5th grade classroom. It is indeed odd to not be thinking, "What could I bring back that would help the kids understand history better?" I actually found myself looking for kindergarten things for another teacher on the trip! Sick, sick, sick.

The old homes really demonstrated how hard life was in terms of heating and cooling, cooking and cleaning and all the other things that went into just surviving. Williamsburg was the capital for a long time after moving from Jamestown. Eventually it was moved to Richmond

where it remains today.

This circular shaped building was the magazine. It is where all the guns were stored along with the ammunition. There were well over a hundred guns of all shapes and sizes inside. I am sure that in the 1700's there were hundreds of guns.

Throughout the day there were several reenactments of local life back on this date in 1774. We heard a wonderful speech by Patrick Henry. The bad part about this stop was the heat! It was just awful as was the humidity. It made the 8 hour day feel like 12!