The Continental Association
6 Minute Read
Why Custis Square Matters
4 Minute Read
Who Voted in Early America?
4 Minute Read
Historic Tradespeople Restore the Bray School
9 Minute Read
Uncovering Loyalties Itinerary
5 Minute Read
Underground Allies: The Incomplete Story of Fanny and Moses
5 Minute Read
How to Stage a Revolution: Behind the Scenes with the Burgesses
6 Minute Read
Why Does the United States have an Electoral College?
5 Minute Read
A Summary View of the Rights of British America by Thomas Jefferson
4 Minute Read
The First Virginia Convention
5 Minute Read
Was the United States Founded as a Republic or a Democracy?
4 Minute Read
The Fairfax Resolves
6 Minute Read
Okra Stew
3 Minute Read
Bridgerton Meets Colonial Williamsburg
6 Minute Read
The Speaker’s Man: John Harris and the Anatomy of a “Runaway” Advertisement
7 Minute Read
Dunmore’s Dissolution of the House of Burgesses
6 Minute Read
The Tea Crisis in the Virginia Gazettes
The Tea Crisis
Dunmore’s Flight and the Seizure of the Governor’s Palace
6 Minute Read
The Enslaved People and Servants of the Governor’s Palace
4 Minute Read
Our Path to 2026
Throwing Shade: 5 Eclipse Stories from Early America
5 Minute Read
A Look Back at “A Common Cause to All” 2024
6 Minute Read
An Interview with Ed Schultz, Master Farmer
5 Minute Read
A Bold Type: Clementina Rind’s Revolutionary Press
4 Minute Read
The Restoration of the Capitol
2 Minute Read
Unheard Witness: The Hidden Testimony of Lydia Broadnax
5 Minute Read
Norfolk to Nova Scotia: Judith Jackson's Crooked Road to Freedom
4 Minute Read
Abigail Briggs: An Indigenous Woman in a White Court
5 Minute Read
Who Did I Marry? Margaret Bannerman and the Gold Digger
3 Minute Read
7 Tips for Reading the Virginia Gazette
7 Minute Read
When the Capitol Burned
3 Minute Read
Slavery and the Virginia Gazette
7 Minute Read
Aaron Griffin’s Search for Freedom
4 Minute Read
When Enslaved People Were Lottery Prizes
5 Minute Read
What's New at First Baptist?
10 Minute Read
What’s New at the Bray School?
7 Minute Read
The Twelve Myths of Christmas (in early America)
6 Minute Read
“Said it was done by a Crew of Mohawk Indians”: Why did colonists dress as “Mohawks” at the Boston Tea Party?
6 Minute Read
How High and How Strong? Solving the Riddle of the Powder Magazine Perimeter Wall
4 Minute Read
Holiday Gift Guide 2023
5 Minute Read
Lamb and Rice
3 Minute Read
How Fireworks Lit Up the American Revolution
4 Minute Read
When Was the First Thanksgiving?
4 Minute Read
Holiday Recipe List
2 Minute Read
Looking back at the Kimball Theatre
3 Minute Read
Dressed Duck
3 Minute Read
Roots a la Crème
3 Minute Read
Lost Architecture: Eastern State Hospital
5 Minute Read
An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Podcast Playlist
4 Minute Read
Of Silvering, Making a Frame for King William III
5 Minute Read
Williamsburg’s Public Hospital
A Constitution Day Podcast Playlist
5 Minute Read
Broiled Sturgeon
2 Minute Read
King William’s Posset
2 Minute Read
Ragoo French Beans
3 Minute Read
Expanding Our Perspective of the Declaration of Independence
4 Minute Read
Fried Beef
3 Minute Read
The Conservation of Visscher’s Print of America
4 Minute Read
Eggs in Paper Cases
3 Minute Read
English Katchup
4 Minute Read
Treating the Body to Treat the Mind: Mental Healthcare in the 18th Century
7 Minute Read
Chicken Pudding
3 Minute Read
A Look Back at “A Common Cause to All”
6 Minute Read
The Beat Marches On: Fife & Drum Corps of the 18th Century
5 Minute Read
Ratafia Cakes
2 Minute Read
Wrapping Up Excavations at the First Baptist Church Archaeology Site
11 Minute Read
Peas Francoise
3 Minute Read
Crocant Covers
4 Minute Read
Tips for Your Spring Visit to Colonial Williamsburg
8 Minute Read
A Grand Souvenir!
5 Minute Read
Stewed Spinage and Eggs
2 Minute Read
A Wedding Dress for a Colonial Bride
5 Minute Read
Committees of Correspondence
Salmon in Slices with Prawn Sauce
3 Minute Read
Des Beignets de Gelee de Grosseilles (Fritters of Currant Jam)
5 Minute Read
Bringing Sources to Life
4 Minute Read
Cabbage, with Onions
3 Minute Read
Conservators Reflect on Their Professional History at 50th-Anniversary Conference
7 Minute Read
Williamsburg Bray School Project Update
5 Minute Read
Strong Broth
2 Minute Read
A Closer Look at Paintings: Portrait of Ellin North Moale
6 Minute Read
Preserving the Windmill: A Conversation with Steve Chabra
14 Minute Read
A Small Loaf with Oysters
3 Minute Read
22 Moments from 2022
5 Minute Read
November 1927 Restoration Planning Meeting
5 Minute Read
Boiled Plum Pudding
5 Minute Read
Pork or Veal Cutlets
3 Minute Read
A Recap of the 2022 Teacher Institute
6 Minute Read
New Accessions in Black American Artists and Artisans Exhibition
5 Minute Read
That’s True Honor: Native American and Indigenous Veterans
8 Minute Read
Spinage Toasts
3 Minute Read
Pepper Pot Soup
5 Minute Read
Toothbrushes in Colonial Virginia Part 2: Licorice Root
6 Minute Read
Orange Shirt Day
7 Minute Read
Toothbrushes in Colonial Virginia Pt 1
7 Minute Read
A Closer Look at Paintings
5 Minute Read
New Archaeology Center to Expand, Transform Program
4 Minute Read
Uncovering the Powder Magazine’s Past
4 Minute Read
Out of Many, One
6 Minute Read
Salmagundy
3 Minute Read
Plowing New Ground: Connecting With the Past at Ewing Field
8 Minute Read
Forced Cucumbers
3 Minute Read
Salad Dressing
3 Minute Read
A Summertime Art Museums Tour
8 Minute Read
Baked or Fried Mushrooms in Paste
3 Minute Read
10 Ways to Beat the Heat this Summer
7 Minute Read
Conversations with Master Tradesmen
11 Minute Read
Pistachio Creams
3 Minute Read
The Art of "Persuasion": A Look at the Austen Era
9 Minute Read
Shots, Pots, and Pox: Researching Caregiving in Williamsburg during the Revolutionary War
8 Minute Read
Thomas Crease and the Custis Square Garden Layout
6 Minute Read
Barbeque Shoat or Pork
3 Minute Read
200 Years of Returns: A Cross-Cultural Collaboration
5 Minute Read
Iron Duck Decoy
5 Minute Read
Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing, Oh My!
5 Minute Read
Forced Cabbage
4 Minute Read
Finding Dr. Pawpaw: The Remedy
9 Minute Read
5 Gifts for Father’s Day
3 Minute Read
Fried Celery
2 Minute Read
Eggs President Fashion
2 Minute Read
A Look into Our Lambing Season
5 Minute Read
Reproducing Sir Walter Raleigh
6 Minute Read
American Indian Visitors in Williamsburg
6 Minute Read
Sippet Pudding
3 Minute Read
News from the Powder Magazine
7 Minute Read
Mint Juleps
4 Minute Read
News from Custis Square
6 Minute Read
Live Out Your Bridgerton Daydreams in CW
6 Minute Read
Tomatoes and Eggs
2 Minute Read
“Engine of Correction”: women, ducking stools, and whipping posts in early Virginia
11 Minute Read
Signs of Spring
4 Minute Read
Peas the Portuguese Way
4 Minute Read
Innermost House Frame Project Blog
7 Minute Read
Scallops Broiled in their Shells
3 Minute Read
The Benjamin Lewis Spraggins, Sr. Sociable Carriage
6 Minute Read
Beef Olives
3 Minute Read
Doughnuts
3 Minute Read
Five History Books Under Three Hundred Pages
8 Minute Read
Macaroons with Cream
3 Minute Read
Revisiting Thomas Everard’s Parlor
7 Minute Read
Onion Pie
3 Minute Read
Sweet Potato Buns
3 Minute Read
Crime and Punishment…and Human Rights
7 Minute Read
Mince Pie
4 Minute Read
The Yule Log Ceremony
4 Minute Read
Why we use the term American Indian
6 Minute Read
Rich Cake
3 Minute Read
Sweet Potato Pudding
3 Minute Read
Restoring Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Posts
8 Minute Read
Puffed Eggs
3 Minute Read
Completing the Ensemble
6 Minute Read
Barley Soup
2 Minute Read
Learn to count!
4 Minute Read
5 Things to Know About Navajo Weavings, Adapting Tradition
6 Minute Read
Celebrating Archaeology Month at Colonial Williamsburg
7 Minute Read
Introducing Our Cornerstone US: Past, Present, Future Panelists
6 Minute Read
Stuffed Apples
3 Minute Read
An Antique Lovers Guide to Colonial Williamsburg
5 Minute Read
Eggs in Croquettes
3 Minute Read
Fried Chicken
3 Minute Read
The Enslaved Men and Women of Margaret Hunter’s Millinery
9 Minute Read
Souffle Biscuits
3 Minute Read
New Hunting Shirts for the Junior Fifes and Drums Corps
6 Minute Read
Soup Meagre
3 Minute Read
What Not to Miss in New Exhibition, “A Gift to the Nation”
5 Minute Read
Making Maria
11 Minute Read
Strawberry Fritters
2 Minute Read
Beets Dressed With Garlic
2 Minute Read
How to Savor Summer
5 Minute Read
Dance Lesson 4: Putting it all Together
2 Minute Read
Tourte De Chocolate
3 Minute Read
Virginia History Road Trip Guide
5 Minute Read
Brickyard Update: We’re Moving!
5 Minute Read
Finding Edmond Parsons
11 Minute Read
A Plenty-full Table
5 Minute Read
Simcoe Unturned
8 Minute Read
What Can Paint Analysis Tell Us About the Bray School?
6 Minute Read
5 Gifts for Father’s Day
3 Minute Read
A Future and a Hope
8 Minute Read
Raspberry Dumplings
3 Minute Read
Juneteenth: Slavery and the Struggle for Emancipation
Transparent Pudding
3 Minute Read
Weedkiller
8 Minute Read
Why We Chose to Center the Lives of the Enslaved in Our Newest Virtual Tour of the Randolph Site
5 Minute Read
How Today’s Technology Brings the Past to Life in the Newest Randolph Site Virtual Tour
7 Minute Read
Cracknels
3 Minute Read
Fairy Butter
2 Minute Read
What Similarities and Differences Did the 13 Colonies Share?
6 Minute Read
Behind US: Past, Present, Future
7 Minute Read
The First President’s First 100 Days
7 Minute Read
Five of Our Favorite Garden Tools
7 Minute Read
Chicken Surprise
4 Minute Read
A Day at the Art Museums
5 Minute Read
Blown Almonds
2 Minute Read
Curried Catfish
3 Minute Read
Carrot Pudding
4 Minute Read
7 Wooly Fun Ways to Lamb Up Your Visit
4 Minute Read
London’s Saint Thomas’s Hospital, A Teaching Hospital for Two Williamsburg Practitioners
8 Minute Read
Researching Spotlight: Finding Dr. PawPaw Part 2
9 Minute Read
Behind the Seams
6 Minute Read
Looking Ahead to the Garden Symposium with Joe Lamp’l
7 Minute Read
The Ladies Advisory Committee
8 Minute Read
To Make Ends Meet: Working Women in the 18th Century
9 Minute Read
Orange Creams
2 Minute Read
Research Spotlight: Finding Colonial Williamsburg's Black Archaeologists
13 Minute Read
Onion Soup
3 Minute Read
Albert Durant: A Lens Focused Upon African American History
8 Minute Read
Exercise in the 18th Century
7 Minute Read
Pink Colored Pancakes
3 Minute Read
Behind the New Behind-the-Scenes Architectural Preservation Virtual Tour
7 Minute Read
Custis Update: An Unexpected Find Across the Street
6 Minute Read
What is Folk Art?
3 Minute Read
Rice Omelet
3 Minute Read
Staying Warm This Winter: Blanket Coats in 18th-Century Chesapeake Bay
7 Minute Read
Wearing 18th Century Clothing as a Modern Uniform
7 Minute Read
Italian Fritters
3 Minute Read
What are the Decorative Arts?
4 Minute Read
Amulet of Green Beans
3 Minute Read
Compounding Vinegar of Roses
6 Minute Read
Orange Loaves
3 Minute Read
“By His Hand”
5 Minute Read
Compounding Simple Bitter Infusion
4 Minute Read
Educational Conferences Go Virtual
6 Minute Read
Cheshire Pork Pie
3 Minute Read
Nun's Cake
3 Minute Read
Conservation of the Menokin Stairway
9 Minute Read
Toast the Holidays with Chocolate Wine
2 Minute Read
Miniature Menagerie: A German Toy in America
6 Minute Read
Sugar Cakes
2 Minute Read
Fun Facts About Harpsichords
4 Minute Read
Pears Stewed Purple
2 Minute Read
On to the Next Phase of the First Baptist Church Archaeology Project
6 Minute Read
A Well-traveled Teapot Returns to Williamsburg
4 Minute Read
Syllabubs Three Ways
4 Minute Read
Compounding Tincture of Cinnamon
4 Minute Read
Scottish Dress in 18th-Century Virginia
10 Minute Read
Historical Portrait of George Washington
5 Minute Read
French Bread
3 Minute Read
Researching Spotlight: Finding Dr. PawPaw
8 Minute Read
Saying Their Names: Honoring Women in “Sentiments of American Women”
5 Minute Read
A Peek into the Wreath-Makers Workshop
5 Minute Read
The Right Stuff! A Black Worsted Wool Gown
5 Minute Read
Compounding Chalk Decoction
4 Minute Read
Palace Green Scavenger Hunt
2 Minute Read
Germany’s Journey to the New World
6 Minute Read
The Race for Rights
7 Minute Read
A Marzipan Hedgehog
4 Minute Read
Myth Busting with Martha
8 Minute Read
Mapping Colonial South Carolina and Georgia
6 Minute Read
Stewed Beef Rump
3 Minute Read
The Candidates: Elections in the Eighteenth-Century Style
7 Minute Read
Apple Fritter
3 Minute Read
Giving an Officer’s Coat New Life with Death Head Buttons
6 Minute Read
Farced Mushrooms
3 Minute Read
Fruit in a Bottle
4 Minute Read
The Best Ways to See Fall Colors
4 Minute Read
Compounding Conserve of Mint
2 Minute Read
King’s Arms Tavern Welcomes Diners Back
4 Minute Read
A Southern Loyalist’s silver belt plate of the Revolutionary War
4 Minute Read
Stay, Play & Learn Itinerary
6 Minute Read
Gingerbread Cakes
3 Minute Read
Missing the Forest for the Trees
6 Minute Read
Much More Than A Secretary
8 Minute Read
Asparagus Forced in French Rolls
3 Minute Read
A Flowerpot with a Family History?
5 Minute Read
Five Things You Should Know About 18th-Century Medical History
4 Minute Read
Hoist Up the Flag: The British Red Ensign
8 Minute Read
Loaf Spanish-Fashion
3 Minute Read
Ragoo of Oysters
3 Minute Read
Washington’s First War
9 Minute Read
The Spectator
6 Minute Read
Whisking Away
4 Minute Read
Williamsburg’s Restoration through the Lens
7 Minute Read
Provisioning the Fleet to Fight Contagion and Maintain the Health of the Crew
8 Minute Read
Beef Steaks
3 Minute Read
Thomas Jefferson Wore Patched Clothes and You Can Too!
7 Minute Read
Cutting to the Chase
4 Minute Read
The Story of Lena Richard
7 Minute Read
Frying Crab
3 Minute Read
Tobacco: My View From Under the Sun
8 Minute Read
What Did He Say?
9 Minute Read
A Year in the Life of a 21st-Century Colonist
7 Minute Read
To Make Lemon Cheesecakes
2 Minute Read
America’s First Bromance
4 Minute Read
Making Moccasins
4 Minute Read
How Much Clothing Did an 18th-Century Woman Really Own?
9 Minute Read
The Bird Fancyer’s Delight
6 Minute Read
Creating an Embroidered Coat for George Washington
6 Minute Read
How to appear knowledgeable about Virginia Architecture
7 Minute Read
Oysters on Skewers
3 Minute Read
Comparing Horse Power
3 Minute Read
Budding Style
4 Minute Read
Laying out the Garden
9 Minute Read
A Day at Colonial Williamsburg
8 Minute Read
This History of the Milking Devon
4 Minute Read
Handling the Heat
4 Minute Read
Research Spotlight: Understanding the Robert Carter House
6 Minute Read
Tavern, Palace, and Parlor
7 Minute Read
How We Know What We Know About Milliner Margaret Hunter
8 Minute Read
Telling Their Stories
11 Minute Read
8 Photo-Ops Not to Miss This Summer
4 Minute Read
A Dream Fulfilled
4 Minute Read
Freedom of the Press in the eyes of the Founding Fathers
11 Minute Read
A Parent’s Guide to Weekly Visits
6 Minute Read
Reflections on ‘Created Equal’
9 Minute Read
Test your Thomas Jefferson Knowledge
1 Minute Read
Making Mistakes and More: 5 Elements of an Apprenticeship
5 Minute Read
Planting with Hope
8 Minute Read
New Animal Crossing Fashions
3 Minute Read
A Survey of the Material Culture of Enslaved Black Women through Runaway Slave Advertisements
11 Minute Read
How Did You Get This Job?
6 Minute Read
Humor in the 18th-century
7 Minute Read
How to Make a Mask
3 Minute Read
Exhibitions of Fancy
7 Minute Read
Bringing the Past to Life: From Archaeologists to Actors
10 Minute Read
How to Read a Runaway Ad
5 Minute Read
Exploring African American History Through Music
3 Minute Read
What is Juneteenth?
4 Minute Read
How to Make a Market Wallet
5 Minute Read
Resources for Understanding Race and Inequality Through History
5 Minute Read
A Statement from Colonial Williamsburg
3 Minute Read
How to Use the CW Planner
5 Minute Read
The Wheelwright Shop’s Most Frequently Asked Questions
4 Minute Read
Counting Spoons
8 Minute Read
Bread for the History Lover
6 Minute Read
What’s Your Favorite Tool?
7 Minute Read
Warriors Stood There
5 Minute Read
Who is James McClurg?
14 Minute Read
Being Uncomfortable in Character
7 Minute Read
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Character Interpretation
7 Minute Read
Timber!
5 Minute Read
Four Facts about George Mason
7 Minute Read
Dad Bods and Teacups
8 Minute Read
The Life of an 18th-century Hairdresser
6 Minute Read
Dance Lesson 3: Figures
8 Minute Read
Nerves of Steel
6 Minute Read
Getting to know James
8 Minute Read
Animal Updates
5 Minute Read
Call it Macaroni
11 Minute Read
3 things you might not know about America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman
7 Minute Read
America’s First Epidemic
6 Minute Read
Bring a little art and history to your virtual world!
4 Minute Read
Out of Adversity: The Smallpox Census
6 Minute Read
More than the Voice of the Revolution
5 Minute Read
The Art of Beauty
5 Minute Read
Flying thro’ the Air
6 Minute Read
Dance Lesson 2: The Structure of Two-Couple Dances
7 Minute Read
Military Buttons At Custis Square and Beyond
4 Minute Read
Poisons, Potions and Panaceas
5 Minute Read
ON THIS DAY IN WILLIAMSBURG: Trauma in the William Moody Household
6 Minute Read
A Feast for the Senses
6 Minute Read
Butterflies in the Colonial Garden
6 Minute Read
How To Make Cranberry Tart
3 Minute Read
5 Truths About Tulips
7 Minute Read
Luxury Vegetables of the 18th Century
3 Minute Read
Making 18th-Century Dolls
5 Minute Read
How to Make a Glue Brush
7 Minute Read
Play in the 18th Century
8 Minute Read
The Patron Saint of self-isolation
7 Minute Read
New Lambs, New Wool
5 Minute Read
Buttered Onions Another Way
2 Minute Read
Behind Our New Virtual Tours
6 Minute Read
From Daub to Dough
6 Minute Read
One Last Thing …
7 Minute Read
Community Outreach during COVID-19
5 Minute Read
Research Spotlight: Delftware Teabowls
6 Minute Read
5 Facts About George Washington
6 Minute Read
Dance Lesson 1: Honoring Your Partner
6 Minute Read
Buckle Up!
6 Minute Read
Nation Builder Book Recommendations
5 Minute Read
Researching 40 Years of African American Interpretation
6 Minute Read
How To Make Carrots And French Beans Dressed The Dutch Way
2 Minute Read
Imagining COVID-19 in the 18th-century
6 Minute Read
To Make An Apple Pie
3 Minute Read
Dance, Dance (during the) Revolution!
8 Minute Read
Tales from the Public Gaol
7 Minute Read
Getting to know Clementina Rind
6 Minute Read
FAQs with our American Indian Interpreters
5 Minute Read
“Is that fire real?” And Other Questions It’s Ok to Ask at Colonial Williamsburg
6 Minute Read
Questions I Get About Gowan Pamphlet
4 Minute Read
“5 Things You Might Not Know About Thomas Jefferson”
6 Minute Read
Connecting to Past Makers
5 Minute Read
Welcome, Lambs!
4 Minute Read
All Thing Being Equal
8 Minute Read
5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Martha Washington
9 Minute Read
Brewing Beer, sharing Knowledge from England
4 Minute Read
DIY Spring Wreath
2 Minute Read
Inside Capitol Training
6 Minute Read
Wythe 102
10 Minute Read
"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!"
9 Minute Read
Captain Barry Goes to Williamsburg
7 Minute Read
The 52 Letter Word
8 Minute Read
Preparing for Dye Days
5 Minute Read
The Stamp Act
Celebrate the Governor’s Palace 85th Anniversary
6 Minute Read
Staring at the Sun
7 Minute Read
Wythe 101
9 Minute Read
How To Make Chelsea Buns
5 Minute Read
African American Watercolors
2 Minute Read
How To Make Chicken The French Way
3 Minute Read
History is Alluring
5 Minute Read
How to Make Carrot Puffs
3 Minute Read
Not Your Typical Internship
5 Minute Read
How to Make Potato Balls
4 Minute Read
Why "Created Equal?"
4 Minute Read
Wayward Highlanders
7 Minute Read
What Does “interpretation” Mean, Anyway?
5 Minute Read
Long Live Tradition
5 Minute Read
Man in the Making
5 Minute Read
The Inhabitants
9 Minute Read
A Woman Computer
7 Minute Read
Pilot of the Patriot
8 Minute Read
The Great Cake Debate
8 Minute Read
Sir Reginald Cleans up Nicely
5 Minute Read
Inside the Textiles Lab
5 Minute Read
Handling the Heat
4 Minute Read
Marching Ambassadors
3 Minute Read
An International Stage
2 Minute Read
7 Ways to Beat the Heat This Summer
5 Minute Read
Jane Austen Lovers
3 Minute Read
5 Lions in our Collections
3 Minute Read
Head Over Heels
6 Minute Read
A Suit of Clothes For Puss
7 Minute Read
Connecting with the Past
5 Minute Read
Furber's Flowers
13 Minute Read
Maintaining Our Painted Surfaces in the Historic Area
3 Minute Read
Monitoring and Treating for Pesky Pests
5 Minute Read
Painting The Governor’s Palace
5 Minute Read