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April 12, 2012
Catch our live webcast this Saturday
The American mind was divided over Revolution until the unifying events at Lexington and Concord. Join us Saturday, April 14, 2012, as we examine the choices forced upon colonists when the specter of war appeared on their doorsteps.
Watch the live webcast at 3:00 p.m. EDT, and send your questions and comments via Twitter (hashtag: #connectcw) and our chatroom.
Saturday, April 14, 2012 – 3:00pm to 4:00pm
March 12, 2012
Revolutionary City Returns Today
Colonial Williamsburg opens its award-winning interactive street drama — The Revolutionary City — for a seventh season March 12. Three distinct episodes, presented seven days a week, will run through late November.
“Revolutionary City: The King’s Government Collapses, 1765-1776” — presented Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays — chronicles growing colonial unrest as loyal subjects turn against
their king.
“Revolutionary City: The Challenge of Independence, 1776-1781,” reveals the human drama Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in war-torn Williamsburg. As both free and enslaved cope with the effects of war profiteering, rampant inflation and other hardships, they ponder their loyalties and what the future holds.
Mondays offer “Building a Nation,” acquainting guests with both well-known and obscure townspeople of 18th-century Williamsburg. Meet patriot leaders, visionary preachers
and other residents — enslaved and free — as they shape a new society with the promise of
liberty and prosperity for all its citizens.
September 5, 2011
Revolutionary City Moves to Afternoon Hours
The Revolutionary City recreates critical moments that relive Williamsburg’s role in the American Revolution and the War for Independence. Come take part in the everyday life of the city against the backdrop of these momentous, world-changing historic events, in the afternoon beginning Monday, Sept. 5.
Meet the men and women—rich and poor, great and humble, free and enslaved—who participate in the daily street theater. Revolutionary City is presented 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. daily in the Historic Area near the Capitol. A Colonial Williamsburg admission ticket or Good Neighbor pass is required for access.
Find the program today, or any time you visit, in the daily calendar.
June 14, 2011
Revolutionary City Moves to Cooler Summer Hours
The sixth season of Colonial Williamsburg’s highly acclaimed outdoor street theater presentation, Revolutionary City, moves to cooler morning hours for the summer season beginning Monday, June 13.
Revolutionary City is presented 10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. daily in the Historic Area near the Capitol. A Colonial Williamsburg admission ticket or Good Neighbor pass is required for access.
“Revolutionary City: The King’s Government Collapses, 1765-1776” chronicles events that occurred in Williamsburg pivotal to the transformation of Virginians from subjects of a distant monarch to citizens of a self-governing republic. Beginning with a near-violent confrontation over the Stamp Act in front of Charlton’s Coffeehouse in 1765, ensuing events led Virginians to declare the colonies no longer under British rule but the free and independent United States of America. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays guests in the Historic Area experience the difficult choices facing people in the process of becoming Americans.
Many tests and trials befall the people of America as they create a new self-governing society. Several key events move the people of Virginia toward founding a new independent republic. “Revolutionary City: The Challenge of Independence, 1776-1781” reveals the human dramas of revolution in war-torn Williamsburg on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
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March 15, 2011
Revolutionary City Returns!
Colonial Williamsburg opens its award-winning street drama — The Revolutionary City — for a sixth season March 14. Three distinct episodes, presented seven days a week, are the Historic Area’s flagship presentations through late November.
“Revolutionary City: The King’s Government Collapses, 1765-1776” — presented Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays — chronicles growing colonial unrest as loyal subjects turn against their king. Revolutionary ideas compel Virginians, and all Americans to choose between monarchy and self-government.
The companion episode, “Revolutionary City: The Challenge of Independence, 1776-1781,” reveals the human drama Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in war-torn Williamsburg. Guests experience the challenges of creating a new self-governing society. As both free and enslaved cope with the effects of war profiteering, rampant inflation and other hardships, they ponder their loyalties and what the future holds.
Mondays offer “Building a Nation,” acquainting guests with both well-known and obscure townspeople of 18th-century Williamsburg. Guests engage patriot leaders, visionary preachers and other residents, enslaved and free, as they shape a new society with the promise of liberty and prosperity for all its citizens.
“Revolutionary Stories” provide background to scenes in the Revolutionary City and encourage guests to explore other sites in the Historic Area.
September 6, 2010
Revolutionary City Afternoons start today
Starting Labor Day, September 6, Colonial Williamsburg’s Revolutionary City program begins at 3 p.m. each day at the east end of Duke of Gloucester Street near the Capitol.
Powerful vignettes take America’s history off the page and onto the streets of Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. See the challenges of independence come to life for men and women enslaved and free, rich and poor, mighty and humble.
Learn more about Revolutionary City’s fall schedule.
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