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  • Hands-On: Fire a Flintlock Musket

    Fire live rounds at a target from two different reproduction 18th-century flintlock firearms used during the Revolutionary War.

  • Beginner Workshop: Gunsmith

    Join the Gunsmiths for the layout of sheet brass to make three pieces of a rifle. Participants will make a barrel loop, a ramrod thimble, and the finial of a patchbox.

  • Hands-On: Shoulder Your Firelocks!

    Engage in a military drill, learning the tactics and drill of the 18th-century soldier.

  • Music: Fife & Drum

    Watch and listen to the Fifes and Drums as they demonstrate the music and drill of various military ceremonies from an 18th-century soldier's working day.

  • Music: The Art of Fifing & Drumming

    Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they demonstrate the many musical tasks and ceremonies that occurred throughout a revolutionary soldier's day.

  • Special Event: Memorial Day Commemoration

    Join us on Palace Green as we honor the men and women of the United States military who sacrificed their lives in defense of our nation with a traditional wreath-laying ceremony.

  • Special Event: Drummer's Call

    Join the Colonial Williamsburg Senior Fifes and Drums plus a special guest as they perform 18th-century military field music at the Charlton Stage.

  • Special Event: Williamsburg Military Tattoo

    The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps is joined by guest units from across the nation in a thrilling torch-lit march down Duke of Gloucester Street.

  • Presentation: Musket Demonstration

    Military Programs staff will demonstrate the loading and firing of the musket. Experience the sounds and smells a soldier experienced during the Revolution.

  • Special Event: Grand March and Review

    Join Colonial Williamsburg's Fifes and Drums lead visiting corps from around the country in a Grand March from the Capitol down Duke of Gloucester St. to Market Square.

  • Music: Fife & Drum March

    The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, representing military field musicians, march from the Capitol to the Palace Green.

  • Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle

    Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.

  • Special Event: Salute to the States

    Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums and the Virginia Military Garrison as they present musket volley salutes to the original 13 states of the Union.

  • Hands-On: Recruiting Party and March

    Participate in a light military drill, then march down Duke of Gloucester St. to the Magazine for a final inspection.

  • Musket Range Celebrated 5th Anniversary

    The 18th-century Musket Range offers a hands-on activity to visitors trying out firearms at Colonial Williamsburg. Learn more about this acclaimed experience.

  • Giving an Officer’s Coat New Life with Death Head Buttons

    Explore the button restoration process of a regimental coat dated back to 1770. Read on to learn about the conservation method to replicate the buttons.

  • Wayward Highlanders

    Nicholas Biddle was one of few captains in the Continental Navy who had previous military experience; from mid-June 1771 until early 1774, he had been a midshipman in the British Royal Navy and was even shipmates with a young Horatio Nelson aboard HMS Carcass. When word of the Boston Tea …

  • What Did He Say?

    When studying a period long before video and voice recording was possible, it can be difficult to determine exactly what was said and when.

  • Washington’s First War

    Here are five things that you may not know about young Colonel Washington during his first baptism of fire, the French and Indian War.

  • Hoist Up the Flag: The British Red Ensign

    Find out everything you need to know about the evolution of British flags and discover what they mean. Read on to learn about flags during American Revolution.