Today Jerry and I toured the Colonial Williamsburg which is a historical living town where individals do a inactment of what times were like in the 1770's. The town is 1 mile long so lots of shops of where they made shoes, wigs, bakery, taverns and many many more business. We spent 8 hours there and must have walked 5 miles.
We went to visit the Courthouse where they do a live inactment of a court hearing back in the 1700's. They took 14 people out of the audience called justice's acting as jouriers which was selected by the King of England. Then they choose 4 people out of the audience two to be witness and then the defendent and the plantiff. They did two cases. Jerry was chosen to be part of the Justice.
This is the court room inside you can see Jerry up in front on the end of the top row on the left. He is next to the guy with the white cap on.
This is the court house from the outside. Only a certain number could get in the court room.
This is a piano that Governer Patrick Henry played it was in the Govern's palace. Barb wonders how her grand daughter Gabby would like to take lessons on this.
At 5pm they do the final enactment for the day and it is where the army is fighting to keep the British from taking over the Williamsburg area. The top picture is where the soldiers marched in and there is a cannon off to the right. General Washington and Mr Lafayatte come in support the solders that if they went to battle they would win. In the second picture you will see where they are at war and shooting off their guns and the cannon.
Another great history lesson day.
1 comment:
What fun!!
Sounds like you are really enjoying yourselves. We love and miss you.
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