57 Results for tag "Founding Fathers & Nation Builders"

• Performance: Visit a Nation Builder

  Step into the past with a Nation Builder. Through stories, discussion, and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges they faced.

• For Donors: Visit a Nation Builder

  Donors who have access to the donor reception center in the St. George Tucker House as part of their giving advantages are invited to meet with a Nation Builder.

• Film: Williamsburg – The Story of a Patriot

  See the 1957 film, in its vibrant 70mm format, that tells the story of a Virginia planter deciding to join the patriot cause.

• Performance: Good Progress

  Meet Mrs. Wager, teacher of the Williamsburg Bray School, as she debates the nature of her school with Elizabeth DeRosario, a free Black woman.

• Performance: Washington and the Shawnee War

  Washington had a long history with the Shawnee as allies and enemies. Come hear his perspectives on the war against the Shawnee in the frontiers of Virginia in 1774.

• Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

  Meet people of the past for some informal conversation or activity.

• Performance: Visit with Thomas Jefferson

  Step into the past with Thomas Jefferson, The Rebellious Philosophe.

• Performance: Visit with Martha Washington

  Step into the past with Martha Washington, our Nation’s first First Lady. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges she faced.

• Performance: Visit with Jane Vobe

  Step into the past with Jane Vobe, keeper of the tavern "where all the best people resorted". Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges she faced.

• Performance: Visit with Reverend Gowan Pamphlet

  Step into the past with Gowan Pamphlet, revolutionary Black Baptist preacher. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Performance: Visit with George Wythe

  Step into the past with George Wythe, teacher, lawyer, judge, and revolutionary. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Conversation: Farming with George Washington

  Meet George Washington at our Ewing Field where you can discuss farming practices, innovation, and the importance of agriculture to society.

• Performance: Finding Jane Vobe

  A sneak peek behind the scenes into the research behind Colonial Williamsburg's newest Nation Builder Jane Vobe.

• Performance: A Christmas Remembered

  Join a Nation Builder as they share memories of Christmastide and hopes for the coming year.

• King's Arms Wine Dinner with a Nation Builder

  Dine in the company of a Nation Builder and enjoy a chef-curated five-course meal paired with some of Mr. Jefferson's favorite wines from his travels in Europe.

• Performance: A Posture of Defense at Christmas

  Christmas 1774, George Washington is caught in the middle of growing fears of civil war with England. Where does he stand?

• Performance: Merriment and Measles

  Join the Washingtons on the eve of Twelfth Night in 1760 as they reflect on the past year and their hopes for the future in the midst of a measles outbreak at Mount Vernon.

• Performance: Pursuing Happiness

  Witness imagined conversations between Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and King George III to discover the ghosts behind Jefferson’s drafts of the Declaration of Independence.

• Special Event: Thanksgiving Proclamation

  Hear from President Washington on the 235th anniversary of this day of Thanksgiving.

• Special Event: Salute to the Presidents

  The pageantry of fifes, drums, cannon, and remarks from Colonial Williamsburg Nation Builders salute our nation’s Presidents on Market Square.

• Performance: Nation Builders Discuss Slavery

  Join two Nation Builders to discuss how they viewed the complicated tragedy that was the institution of slavery.

• Performance: God is My Rock

  Gowan Pamphlet, an enslaved man and popular local preacher, offers his perspective on slavery, religion, and freedom.

• Performance: Visit with Patrick Henry

  Step into the past with Patrick Henry, the Revolution’s son of thunder. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Performance: My Dear Madam

  Mrs. Washington reflects on her life in the public eye and how her friendship with Mrs. Adams has shaped the role of the president’s lady.

• Performance: Visit with Marquis de Lafayette

  Step into the past with the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of two worlds. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Performance: Visit with Colonel George Washington

  Step into the past with George Washington, Colonel of the Virginia Regiment. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Performance: Nation Builders Discuss America's Founding Documents

  Join our Nation Builders as they discuss those founding documents that helped to form our America. Come with your questions on their views about these founding words.

• Performance: Washington's Choice

  Join George Washington in April of 1775, after the Battle of Lexington and Concord, as he makes the choice of loyalty to the Crown, or resistance to the Empire.

• Performance: Subject to General

  George Washington reflects on the events leading up to the revolution in Williamsburg and beyond that led him to his decision to become General Washington.

• Performance: Visit with George Mason

  Step into the past with George Mason, father of American rights. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Performance: Visit with James Madison

  Step into the past with James Madison, Scholar Statesman.