During fall break our family made the 9hr trip to Virginia to visit Williamsburg and all the history it has to offer. Although it was pretty cold for the entire week (one day it did reach 68) we had a great time. I think that Jonathan and I were way more into the history and the boys thought all the war stuff and cannons were pretty cool. I know there are several pictures to scroll through but we visited so many cool places that I could not leave them out....we visited Yorktown, Jamestown, and Colonial Williamsburg. On sunday was Micah's 8th birthday. We visited Yorktown on his birthday. It was victory day...which is the celebration of the victory at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781...almost cinching our victory over the British in the Revolution. There was a parade and a huge celebration...it was very, very cold that day.
Yorktown
The boys attending soldier school.
Freezing on the beach at Yorktown. Yorktown in banked by the York River.
The parade begins.
Fife and Drums.
The family....at the Yorktown Victory center..I seem to be missing from most of the pictures...guess who the photograhper is.
Freezing on the beach at Yorktown. Yorktown in banked by the York River.
The parade begins.
Fife and Drums.
The family....at the Yorktown Victory center..I seem to be missing from most of the pictures...guess who the photograhper is.Colonial Williamsburg
The govenor's palace in C.W. This is where the govenor (british rule) lived when williamsburg was part of the colony of virgina.
They had horse drawn carriages all over williamsburg.
In the Dewitt museum.
All three of the kids sitting still and acting like they like each other..this would be the one warm day....notice the short sleeves.
Out to dinner at a chinese bufett. The boys are wearing the Tshirts that Jonathan got in NYC.
The govenor's palace in C.W. This is where the govenor (british rule) lived when williamsburg was part of the colony of virgina.
They had horse drawn carriages all over williamsburg.
In the Dewitt museum.
All three of the kids sitting still and acting like they like each other..this would be the one warm day....notice the short sleeves.
Out to dinner at a chinese bufett. The boys are wearing the Tshirts that Jonathan got in NYC.
Jamestown Settlement
A recreation of what like was like in early 1600's in Jamestown.
The next few pictures are the family members trying on the armor that the settlers in Jamestown would have worn to protect themselves.
This is replication of a hand carved boat they would have used...they used the burn and scrape method.
Micah and Jackson on a replication of one of the 3 boats that brought the orginal british settlers in 1607.
Historic Jamestown
The next few pictures are the family members trying on the armor that the settlers in Jamestown would have worn to protect themselves.
This is replication of a hand carved boat they would have used...they used the burn and scrape method.
Micah and Jackson on a replication of one of the 3 boats that brought the orginal british settlers in 1607.Historic Jamestown
This is the original spot on James Island where the first colonists arrived in 1607. Below there are doing a real archeological dig to uncover a basement they believe dates back to the early 1600's. This was my favorite place because of all the amazing history..their were volunteer guides that were a wealth of knowledge about the area.
The tower part of the church is orginal to the early 1600's and was the first churh built in Jamestown. The building attached was built on the original foundation as what a church in this time period would have looked like. It was amazing to me how 400 yrs ago the brick laying was so impressive..not much had really improved in this area in all this time.
I love this picture.
An original foundation of a house as shown off by Jackson.
She really looks like the queen sitting there doesn't she.
Glass blowing the way it would have been done back in the day.
Priceless.
As you can see there are a few more pics of Emily being that most of the time she was more patient having her picture taken.
The tower part of the church is orginal to the early 1600's and was the first churh built in Jamestown. The building attached was built on the original foundation as what a church in this time period would have looked like. It was amazing to me how 400 yrs ago the brick laying was so impressive..not much had really improved in this area in all this time.
I love this picture.
An original foundation of a house as shown off by Jackson. 
She really looks like the queen sitting there doesn't she.
Glass blowing the way it would have been done back in the day.
Priceless.As you can see there are a few more pics of Emily being that most of the time she was more patient having her picture taken.
More from Williamsburg the second day we went.
I promise we did not ask if we could leave them there.
I promise we did not ask if we could leave them there.
2 comments:
It looks like you guys had a great week! We'll see you tomorrow!
Those are some fun pictures! I loved going there when I was little.
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