17 Results for tag "Military"

• 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.

• Music: Fife & Drum March

  The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, representing military field musicians, march down Duke of Gloucester Street.

• Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle

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

• Presentation: Firing of the Noon Gun

  The noon gun signaled a cessation of morning drills and work parties and a start to preparing the midday meal.

• Special Event: Veterans Day Proclamation

  Our Veterans Day begins at 10:00 a.m. with a ceremony on Palace Green honoring the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

• Special Event: Salute to the Heroes

  A lone bagpiper plays from the Governor's Palace in a heartfelt tribute to honor those men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

• Special Event: A Veterans Day Salute & Procession

  Join us this Veterans Day weekend for a march and ceremony honoring America's veterans.

• Presentation: To Paint for War

  Discover the warfare of the Eastern Woodlands tribes and nations and its lasting legacy in the United States.

• Hands-On: Under Arms

  Guests of all ages will step into the shoes of soldiers enlisting in the army during the American Revolution.

• Presentation: The Shawnee and Dunmore at War, 1774

  Discover how Indigenous alliances, the Proclamation of 1763, and settlers’ quest for land contributed to the 1774 Shawnee-Dunmore War and why choosing a winner isn't always clear.

• 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.

• Performance: Visit with 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.