56 Results for tag "Founding Fathers & Nation Builders"

• Performance: Visit a Nation Builder

  Step into the past with a Nation Builder. Through stories, discussion, and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges they faced.

• To Purchase a Likely Man

  Join Colonel and Mrs. Washington as they discuss the intricacies and complexities of purchasing a pair of enslaved brothers.

• Salute to the Presidents

  Fifes, drums, and cannons salute the Nation's presidents on Market Square, featuring Washington, Jefferson, and Madison.

• The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret

  Join Mrs. Washington in December of 1799 as she comes to terms with the General’s Last Will and Testament, and hear from George Washington on his evolution on slavery.

• A Public Audience with the 1st President, George Washington

  Meet with President Washington as he looks back over his long career in public service.

• Presentation: Excavation to Programming

  Join a Nation Builder and a Colonial Williamsburg Archaeologist as they discuss important sites in Williamsburg from the 18th century to today.

• God is My Rock

  Gowan Pamphlet, an enslaved man and popular local preacher, offers his perspective on slavery, religion, and freedom.

• A Public Audience with the 1st First Lady, Martha Washington

  Join Mrs. Washington as she speaks about being the first President’s wife and the expectations placed upon her while the new Nation watches on.

• An Evening with the Presidents

  Join George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison for a discussion of their experiences as president. Hosted by Alvin D. Hall.

• Nation Builders Discuss the Rights of Women

  Join two Nation Builders to discuss how they viewed and debated the rights of women.

• A Public Audience with the 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson

  Meet with President Jefferson as he looks back over his long career in public service.

• A Public Audience with the 4th President, James Madison

  Join President James Madison as he reflects on the invention of the executive branch of the United States.

• The Art of Politics and Dining

  Join Mrs. Washington as she discusses the art of dining and how influential a woman could be in a man’s world.

• From the Ashes

  As the ashes settle on Washington D.C., James and Dolley Madison struggle to find a path forward.

• Visit a Nation Builder-Oconostota For Home ED

  Step into the past with Oconostota, the Great Warrior of Chota. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• For Donors: Visit a Nation Builder

  Donors who contribute $250 or more annually to the Colonial Williamsburg Fund are invited to visit with a Nation Builder.

• Evening Program: Almost Past Service

  Join Mrs. Washington as she seeks advice from her enslaved woman, Doll, about the great decision ahead and the change it will bring to the entire family.

• Performance: A New Republic

  This series of museum theater programs relate to the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and democracy.

• Performance: Revolutionary Acts

  This series of museum theater programs relate to the experience and meaning of the Revolution for the 18th-century Williamsburg community.

• Performance: Voices of Freedom

  This series of museum theater programs relate to the theme of freedom — its meaning, denial, and the risks people take for it.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Patrick Henry

  Step into the past with Patrick Henry, the Revolution’s son of thunder. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Reverend Gowan Pamphlet

  Step into the past with Gowan Pamphlet, revolutionary Black Baptist preacher. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Martha Washington

  Step into the past with Martha Washington, our Nation’s first First Lady. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges she faced.

• Conversation: Meet a Nation Builder

  Find a Nation Builder, a significant figure of 18th-century Williamsburg, around the Palace Green for some informal conversation.

• Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

  Find people of the past in front of the Raleigh Tavern for some informal conversation or activity.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Thomas Jefferson

  Step into the past with Thomas Jefferson, The Rebellious Philosophe.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Oconostota

  Step into the past with Oconostota, the Great Warrior of Chota. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Visit a Nation Builder-Colonel George Washington

  Step into the past with George Washington, Colonel of the Virginia Regiment. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.