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Colonial Williamsburg News

• $1 Million Anonymous Challenge Grant for Infrastructure — We Need Your Help!
  An anonymous donor has generously pledged to match $1 million on a one-to-one basis for three mini-campaigns in support of Colonial Williamsburg’s infrastructure priorities. These projects are critical to the Foundation’s operations, employee and guest experiences and ultimately, the pursuit of our educational mission.  “We’re grateful for this generous pled […]
• Piloting a Course to Freedom
  In the welcoming scene that takes place every morning at Colonial Williamsburg, visitors learn that 52% of the city’s population in the early 1770’s were people of African descent, nearly all of whom were enslaved.  As they go through town, guests might meet Kate working at the Raleigh Tavern, Jack Booker of the printing office,...Read More »
• Colonial Williamsburg Progress Update
  Remarks given by Colonial Williamsburg President & CEO, Mitchell Reiss, at the Williamsburg Lodge on June 27, 2018. Good morning, everyone.  I want to welcome my colleagues at the Foundation, our wonderful volunteers, community members and donors, City Council officials, and a member of our Board of Trustees who is with us this morning, Joe Montgomery.   […]
• Celebrate the Everard House’s Tercentennial!
  What do an eighteenth-century invoice, a circus lion, a boat etched on a window pane, wallpaper fragments, dendrochronology samples, and a 1952 Antiques Forum program have in common? They are all pieces of the remarkable history of the Thomas Everard House that are part of Colonial Williamsburg’s museum and library collections. 2018 marks a significant...Rea […]
• A More Accurate Look for the Governor’s Palace Arms Display
  Visitors to Colonial Williamsburg may think that our work to preserve Virginia’s 18th-century capital means that the place never changes. Every day, however, we strive to learn more about the past and build on the work of our predecessors to represent the city as accurately as possible. We work from a historical record that is...Read More »