"Williamsburg is a stronghold of the past, a sort of enchanted ground, lovely and quiet as a dream." Williamsburg may no longer be quiet as a dream, but it is certainly lovely and unquestionably a stronghold of the past, more so now than Miss Hildegarde Hawthorne could have dreamt when she penned these words in 1917. After Virginia's capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780, the city sank into one and a half centuries of sleepy obscurity punctuated only by the Civil War. From 1928 to 1932, however, John D. Rockefeller Jr. restored the city to its colonial glory, and it leaped from impoverished backwater to tourist mecca within the space of a few years.
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Williamsburg's story has been told many times and in many ways, but never quite like this. Author Kristopher J. Preacher, College of William and Mary graduate and local history enthusiast, presents readers with more than 200 postcards of Williamsburg rarely seen since their original publishing and couples them with captivating text. The result is this handsome volume celebrating a living city with a vibrant past.
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I've seen several books with photos of the pre-Colonial Williamsburg restoration. This book takes a different tack and includes some changes since the thirties to the town. Of interest to anyone who spent much time in Williamsburg from about the forties through the seventies.
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Restoration, Inc. These two entities merged in 1970 to form the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke of Gloucester Street, Colonial Williamsburg, Richmond Road, Wren Building, Bruton Parish Church, Raleigh Tavern, Civil War, Market Square, Colonial Restaurant, Merchants Square, World War, Francis Street, Revolutionary War, George Tucker, Swcm Library, Eastern State, Swem Library, American Revolution, Courthouse Green, First National Bank, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Methodist Church, Cary Field, Nassau Street New!
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Restoration, Inc. These two entities merged in 1970 to form the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Duke of Gloucester Street, Colonial Williamsburg, Richmond Road, Wren Building, Bruton Parish Church, Raleigh Tavern, Civil War, Market Square, Colonial Restaurant, Merchants Square, World War, Francis Street, Revolutionary War, George Tucker, Swcm Library, Eastern State, Swem Library, American Revolution, Courthouse Green, First National Bank, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Methodist Church, Cary Field, Nassau Street New!
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- Business Administration by L. Hall on page 42, and page 43
- The American Revolution: A MyReportLinks.com Book (U.S. Wars) by Carl R. Green on page 16, and page 89
- Native Americans (Nature Company Discoveries Libraries) by Judith Simpson on page 34
- Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes on page 77
- Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper in Back Matter
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