Classic case of sowing the seeds of your own destruction. At at certain point, Wokeness will decree that the origins of Williamsburg and all that it stands for must be destroyed. The very ones who value its heritage will no longer want to go there and it will go broke or, to make a buck, turn into a shallow shell of its former self, much like Disneyland has done. Pretty sad.
You’ve hit the nail on the head.
That's already happened. CW has been one of my favorite vacation spots since the mid-80s, and it's nothing like its former self. And, because of that, they've been suffering financially for years.
One of the best events they used to host was Under the Redcoat, where the British -- a massive reenactor encampment, with British and native American troops -- took over the town for a whole week. That event would pack Williamsburg with families, and flood the historic area with visitors. That essentially stopped because of Leftist complaints about soldiers and weapons.
Then they started Revolutionary City as a replacement, which was a shadow of Under the Redcoat, but it was still fairly cool -- you could still be arrested by Redcoats and marched to the stockades if you didn't have "papers". Now it seems a majority of the special 4th of July events focus on slavery or woke topics. It's really sad, and it's killing CW, literally.
We thought about going for the 4th this year, but really only for the fireworks. Sad.
My wife and four year old grandson were there two weeks ago and enjoyed Williamsburg, the USS Wisconsin and Yorktown. The pervert pride month hadn’t kicked in that we could tell. Like with Degenerate Disney we can find other places to visit.
We hadn’t taken a vacation since 2019 and my wife was insisting we are going coke hell or high gas prices. I told her to enjoy this time with what’s coming it may be years before anyone can consider a vacation.