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Williamsburg was the capital of colonial Virginia. It is now a living history center that has been refurbished and reconstructed to recreate, as closely as possible, the town as it existed in 1776. It is used for both educational and tourist purposes. The rebuilding of the town began in 1926.
Duke
of Gloucester Street is the main thoroughfare of
Williamsburg. It was said to be a mile long and three feet
deep. This was due to the mud and muck created by rain and
horses. This gentleman riding down the street shows typical
colonial dress, including the distinctive tricorn
hat.
Here
a man and woman converse. Notice the fan held by the woman
and the walking stick held by the man.
One
aspect of Colonial Williamsburg that creates a feeling of
living history is the population of townspeople hired to
recreate the people who lived there in the eighteenth
century. This particular fellow was a Tory sympathizer who
challenged our notions about liberty with the charge that we
were being traitors to the English Crown.
By
the 1770's, the English were wedded to the idea of drinking
tea. The tax on tea, of course, became a major conflict
point in the period before the Revolutionary War.
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