Colonial Williamsburg
The good old days.
Now that I’ve finished with the occasional video series on boot camp, I can devote more of my attention to a series on Colonial Williamsburg.
Unlike the series on Hawai’i, which told the story of my visit there more or less chronologically, the Colonial Williamsburg series is going to be thematic.
Themes will include, of course, political history and the ideas that form the foundation of the United States of America.
They will also include matters related to 18th-century life in a colonial capital city,
including work,
seasons and rhythms,
and gathering places like taverns and coffeehouses.
Most of all, I hope to explore the intersections of daily life with the great ideas of the period, e.g. how taverns and coffeehouses provided the venues where ideas were shared, challenged, and refined.
This series will feature lots of photographs and videos. Please let me know if there are any particular themes you’d like to see addressed. I hope you enjoy it.
For two decades, I worked at political jobs. Then my parents got sick, and I went home to help care for them, and they died, fourteen weeks apart, in their late 60s. And I decided that life is too dear, and too uncertain, to fritter away in political offices. I fought back the sorrow with travel, and started this blog. I believe that passions are more fun when you share them with others, and my hope is to share my passions for travel and culture with you. Welcome! Read more …
Jim, I go to Williamsburg as often as possible and would love to visit next time.
Is this all ex post facto, or are you still working the neighborhood for research – if so, come by and visit. We are 20 minutes away.
Thanks for sharing! Before moving to Arkansas, we lived in Yorktown and loved visiting Colonial Williamsburg often. We would drive up for a dinner and walk in the village.
I love visiting historic exhibits like that. Thanks for sharing the pics.