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Effective Monday, June 2, Colonial Williamsburg will adjust operating hours of the Historic Area to 10:00AM to 5:00PM daily. The operating hours of the Visitor Center and Lumber House Ticket Office will change to 9:30AM to 5:00PM. Please visit the Events Calendar to find the daily programming schedule.

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Printer

In an age before TV, radio, and the internet, the printed word was the primary means of long-distance mass communication. Watch and learn as printers set type and use reproduction printing presses to manufacture colonial newspapers, political notices, pamphlets, and books.

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Read below to find the answers to some of our most common questions about the Printer trade. Visit us onsite to learn more and discuss further.

What did the Founders mean by “Freedom of the Press”?

The founding generation’s understanding of a free press has a long history, partly inherited from English law. But that doesn’t mean that England always had a free press.

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