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Colonial Williamsburg News

• Haunting on DoG Street Returns!
  Join us as we celebrate the Halloween season with new evening programs, ghost tours, spooky carriage rides, museum talks, and trick-or-treating on DoG Street. Special Events Trick-or-Treating on DoG Street Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29 | 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. This Halloween season, Colonial Williamsburg depicts a world turned upside down. The British hav […]
• John Ross Hamant, 1949 – 2017: An Appreciation
  It is with heavy hearts that we note the passing of longtime Colonial Williamsburg Foundation employee and veteran character interpreter, John Hamant.  Mr. Hamant, a Baltimore native, earned a bachelor’s degree in theater production and a master’s degree in acting and directing from the University of Arizona, but it was his love of archaeology that first...R […]
• Handling the Heat: Animal Safety & High Temperatures
  The heat index soared this weekend, and that naturally raises questions about safety—for both our costumed interpreters and animals. Besides plenty of water, breaks, and shade, Coach & Livestock utilizes a heat index policy for working animals.  Cattle—like dogs—cannot sweat, so they are removed from work when the heat index reaches 95°.  Horses can swea […]
• THE WORD ON DOG STREET: REVERSING ATTENDANCE TRENDS
  The word on DoG Street is that the program changes at Colonial Williamsburg over the past few years have led to a decline in attendance. In fact, just the opposite is true. In 2014, after President Mitchell Reiss and his new team brought innovative program changes to CW, attendance rose after a seven-year decline. For...Read More »
• An Open Letter to the Colonial Williamsburg Community
  The role of Williamsburg in America’s founding is nothing short of extraordinary. In the years leading up to the Revolution, this colonial capital city was a thriving center of culture, enterprise, education — and revolutionary ideas. It was here — in these homes, government halls and taverns — that Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and so...Read More » […]