22 Results for tag "Military"

• Presentation: Musket Demonstration

  Military Programs staff will demonstrate the loading and firing of the musket. Experience the sounds and smells a soldier experienced during the Revolution.

• Music: Fife & Drum March

  The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, representing military field musicians, march down Duke of Gloucester Street.

• Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle

  Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.

• Presentation: Firing of the Noon Gun

  The noon gun signaled a cessation of morning drills and work parties and a start to preparing the midday meal.

• Presentation: To Paint for War

  Discover the warfare of the Eastern Woodlands tribes and nations and its lasting legacy in the United States.

• Hands-On: Under Arms

  Guests of all ages will step into the shoes of soldiers enlisting in the army during the American Revolution.

• Presentation: The Shawnee and Dunmore at War, 1774

  Discover how Indigenous alliances, the Proclamation of 1763, and settlers’ quest for land contributed to the 1774 Shawnee-Dunmore War and why choosing a winner isn't always clear.

• Music: Fife & Drum

  Watch and listen to the Fifes and Drums as they demonstrate the music and drill of various military ceremonies from an 18th-century soldier's working day.

• Performance: A Soldier's Christmas

  Colonel James Innes returns home from the war filled with the haunting voices of his fallen comrades. Will he be able to recover from the war and find peace this Christmas?

• 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: Forgotten Hero: General Rochambeau

  Join French General Rochambeau as he discusses his role in the American Revolution, specifically during the Yorktown campaign.

• Music: The Art of Fifing & Drumming

  Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they demonstrate the many musical tasks and ceremonies that occurred throughout a revolutionary soldier's day.

• Special Event: Grand March and Review

  Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they lead visiting corps from around the country in a Grand March.

• Special Event: Williamsburg Military Tattoo

  Guest units join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums for a thrilling torch-lit march down Duke of Gloucester Street.

• 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.

• Special Event: Successful Campaign

  Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums Senior Corps, plus a special guest, as they perform 18th-century military field music at the Charlton Stage.

• Street Theater: Shawnee Princes Arrive, 1774

  Come witness the arrival of these Shawnee “Princes” into the city and the reactions when two cultures collide.