1/ #travel #TravelBlogger - Williamsburg, #Virginia is a national historical treasure founded 1632 whose Colonial #architecture has been copied across the #USA. If you go, also visit nearby Yorktown and so much more!
2/ #history #travel #tourism - Williamsburg, #Virginia was Virginia’s capital 1699 to 1780. It’s really an outdoor museum. Actors recreate life from three hundred years ago. IIRC, there are shops, nice tree-lined sidewalks, and beautiful vistas.
3/ #Colonial Williamsburg is really a beautiful outdoor museum. I love #architecture in general and enjoy the Williamsburg style. Yet somehow, I never learned its origins. Usually a combination of nature, available materials, etc., helps create styles.
4/ #history #travel #tourism - Williamsburg, #Virginia #architecture - a little more... And who recognizes this man? He reminds me of Thomas Jefferson. There’s a great Key and Peele skit about him and Ancestry.com. 😊
5/ #history #travel #tourism - Williamsburg, #Virginia - the #AmericanRevolution recreations are wonderful. Most bystanders survive.
6/ Tickets: $26 Adult; $15 Youth (6-12). Williamsburg is 3 hours south of #WashingtonDC. Ideally, visit #Jamestown > #Williamsburg > #Yorktown for a chronological progression. I was only able to do the last two. There are many hotels nearby.

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