Aye-yie-yie! Imagine returning from a fabulous family vacation, falling right into charity committee work, click-click-clicking into a new school year -- everything suddenly seeming like its all in fast motion. Sums up my life for the last two months. So let's rewind here and go back to my last post -- yes, back into hot, sultry summer days, into that rental car driving from the blue waters of North Carolina's Outer Banks into Virginia.... Back, back, back to hot summer days, radio blaring, my daughters and I taking photos out the car windows as we take in the scenery. And then we pull into Colonial Williamsburg!
Lunch at a town tavern was simple fare, but satisfying. It was mid-summer hot and we were thirsty!
It's interesting that there are actually a few private citizens living in some of the houses in this non-drivable historic area of town.
We watched artisians and laborers at work....
Shopkeepers....
and soldiers in the military encampment....
We even listened as Patrick Henry and other speakers presented their political views.
The courthouse was the site where Benjamin Waller read the Declaration of Independence on July 25, 1776, after it arrived from Philadephia. Such history resonates through these walls and on these steps!.
The Governor's Palace below is a strong reminder that we were once under the rule of the British Monarchy.
The wig room....
Lavish linens on the canopied beds....
Swords lined the entry hall of the Governor's Palace...
The flag during this period bore British and eventual USA symbols.
Being the history buffs that we are, this was a a much loved and memorable stop on our road trip north!
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