USO Canteen FReeper Style....Liberty R&R Goes to Virginia Join Us .......July 6,2002

Aquamarine and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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Monticello.......Thomas Jefferson’s home

The Blueridge Mountians of Virginia

Virginia Beach

The wonderful Daffodil Festival in Gloucester, Virginia

Music performed by the Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg. Tap your toes to the exhilarating martial music that marked the routine of military troops during the 18th century and sent the patriots marching into battle.

A large area of the town of Williamsburg consists of buildings preserved from Colonial times, i.e. from before the Declaration of American Independence in 1776.

Think of the Williamsburg Area... and the images that come to mind are...

`Small Town' Colonial Life...

the Search for American Independence...

the Model for Democracy used throughout the world.

Enjoy a 'Cold One' in the same Taverns where the likes of Tommy Jefferson and Patrick ("Give me liberty, or give me death") Henry, argued over the fate of a super power's Colony… and their lives.

College of William & Mary - Second oldest Institution of Higher Education in the Nation… with today, Graduates from all over the world. There is where Thomas Jefferson and some of his buddies went to school.

Don't forget to ask about the friendly ghost that's been dropping by the Wren Building for several Centuries.

College of William & Mary... which was the school to young law students like Thomas Jefferson.

The second oldest institution of higher learning in the United States... William & Mary began the Honor Society that was based on individual Responsibility... as well as the Phi Beta Kappa Society... which recognized and acknowledged individual Excellence.

The College's Wren Building, was constructed in 1695.

Williamsburg Historic District - the political and intellectual Capitol of England's colony in the New World. Where the ideas and ferment originated for the modern concept of Democracy now used throughout the world. Authentic reconstruction's, shows, exhibits, interpreters. Referred to as the 'Largest Living Museum in the World'.

It was here that the colonists (and their `legislators' who were permitted to make recommendations to the King)... began to understand that they did not have to be ruled by a foreign power... but could manage their own country under rules which they themselves developed by community consensus (discussions and voting).

Walk through and actually dine in the same Taverns... where the arguments took place between the `Crown Loyalists'... and the `Revolutionaries'... and where the concepts that became the America Constitution were discussed by the likes of George Washington and Patrick Henry ("Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death").

Then let's take a little trip over to Yorktown.

Yorktown is still the small little village on the York River where a Revolution ended… setting the stage for a New American Nation to begin.

Yorktown may be a tiny village, but it's important in American history because the definitive battle of the American Revolution was won by George Washington there in 1781. After Lord Cornwallis surrendered his huge army to the American and French allies on October 19, 1781, Britain soon appealed for peace. As a result, the 13 colonies emerged into the United States of America.

We can’t forget a visit to Jamestown.......the first English Settlement in the 'New World'… now some 400 years old. See authentic replicas of the boats that crossed the ocean seeking religious freedoms and opportunities.

Th time in sheer wonderment at the resolve and fears of men, women and children crossing an Ocean in a Susan B. Constant... a small boat that today, seems like an oversize mini van.

Roughly 400 years ago, on December 20, 1606, three merchant ships loaded with passengers and cargo embarked from England on a voyage that would later set the course of American history.

The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery reached Virginia in the spring of 1607, and on May 14, their 104 passengers all men and boys began building on the banks of the James River what was to be America's first permanent English colony, predating Plymouth in Massachusetts by 13 years.

[Pippin]

Hi, Victoria!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks Cote. Glad you liked it.

[Aquamarine]

I have been to Virginia several times in the past, usually when I was passing through on my way to a visit in D.C. I would love to do the tourist thing there one day and Williamsburg would be at the top of my list of places to see.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Great people, indeed. Thanks for your post, Sam.

[Pippin]

I agree. You can't have something so memorable happen in an area without some sense that that memory still lingers.

My mother has a theory that these ghosts are the thoughts and memories of all that was said or done in a given place.

[Aquamarine]

Good find SAM. You are in Top form today!

[SAMWolf]

LOL! No 2x4?

[andysandmikesmom]

We all loved Williamsburg...loved all the old homes, with period furniture, and decorations, loved watching the people perform all the tasks that had to be performed way back when...loved watching the crafts people, doing crafts, as done then...

One thing especially remains in my memory, of being shown how they cooked over fireplaces, and how if you wanted to bake, you place your prepared ingredients in a big old cast iron implement, set it on hot coals, and then covered it with hot coals, creating a little sort of 'oven'...but of course, someone had to man the fireplace and constantly keep changing those coals, when they died down, they had to be replaced...what a hot job that must have been in the muggy heat of Virginia...

Now we are lucky to be able to bake in our gas or electric ovens, with the air conditioning running, if it is needed...makes you appreciate our modern conveniences...

[lodwick]

Thanks for the tunes - sounding great here. JL

[SAMWolf]

I just find it hard to believe patsy was not included on the original list. That's a huge oversight on someone's part.

[philman_36]

The mace can be traced back to the Egyptians too. The English were not alone in using its symbology.

This detail from two adjacent blocks found at Hermopolis shows a very different aspect of Nefertiti, within a small cabin at the stern of the ship, smiting a captive with upraised mace
Boston Museum

He is depicted swinging a mace, as he subdues his captives.
Gives you something to think about in the use of the mace in symbology doesn't it.
The Senate...the mace...

[Pippin]

You want her to get the 2x4?

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL! I'll give you a break today.

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

[Victoria Delsoul]

Naw, not today. Let's give him a break, LOL!

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're quite welcome.

[Pippin]

OKAY! He deserves a break!

[Sabertooth]

Nice to bump into you.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the Coffee, Mayor. Good to see you.