Colonial

I had heard that Colonial Williamsburg was really only interesting “for kids”.  I think what they meant was it’s really only interesting “for curious people” because I loved the whole thing.It’s different than I had expected in that, other than blocked to modern traffic, the town itself is open to the public to walk through.  In the morning,  I saw at least a dozen neighbors taking their walks like they would in the suburbs at malls before the stores are open.  Tickets (worn as badges) are required for entrance into the buildings themselves to see and talk to in-character performers around town.On the “outskirts” of town (on the walk from the visitors center & parking lot to the town itself) there is a replica of a tobacco plantation.This was the colony’s capital building, built in an “H” shape.Locally-elected representatives had a chamber on one side of the “H”……while crown-approved aristocrats had a fancier chamber on the other side of the “H”……with a room in the crossbar of the “H” where the two sides could hammer out disagreements.The court room.The public jail (where pirates had been held!)Looking out the window from the second story of a pub.Until disestablishment, membership in the Episcopal church was required for things like voting rights.  Presbyterians didn’t have churches, but “meeting houses”.