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January 27, 2012
in Connect
How much did interest groups spend in the final 60 days of the 2010 campaigns? The answer might surprise you.
Head over to Colonial Williamsburg Connect to take the poll, and stay a while to tell us what you think about the history and ethics of campaign spending.
January 26, 2012
in Multimedia
Few dishes offer as much rich winter comfort as an onion soup. Hearty and simple, it’s a preparation of cold-weather vegetables that our forefathers spooned up with gusto. Cook along with us and discover what made this heady brew a lasting American favorite.
January 25, 2012
Bassett Hall, a two-story, 18th-century frame house located on 585 acres of gardens and rolling woodlands, is a part of the story of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. It was in this house that John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife Abby Aldrich Rockefeller made their home during the early restoration of the Historic Area, a restoration they themselves financed.
January 23, 2012
in Multimedia, Podcasts
The last words of George Wythe confirmed the success of his nephew’s homicidal scheme. How did a leader in the community and a signer of the Declaration of Independence meet with such an ignoble end? Hear the story on this week’s podcast.
January 20, 2012
in What's New
The General Assembly of Virginia, the Western Hemisphere’s oldest elected deliberative body, will meet in special commemorative session at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Capitol in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area.
The joint session of the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates is the 25th in a series of ceremonial assemblies begun in 1934 with the dedication of the reconstructed Capitol on its colonial-era foundation.
A highlight of each commemorative session is an address on current issues facing Virginia, the United States or the world. In observance of the sesquicentennial observance of the American Civil War, members of …
January 19, 2012
in History, Multimedia, Teachers
The 2011-2012 Electronic Field Trip Series continues with the premiere of The War of 1812 on January 19, 2012. Why were Americans plunged into another war with Great Britain a generation after the American Revolution?
During this live broadcast, students join historical characters Henry Clay, Tecumseh, Andrew Jackson, James Madison and others as they struggle to determine what course the United States will follow. Electronic Field Trips are broadcast at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. one Thursday each month from October through April on participating PBS stations and cable channels across the country.
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