HVIS 2007 Companion Program
The Companion Program is offering several tours that require pre-registration due to space requirements and limitations. Please contact Cathy Quinn at quinn@hvis2007.org for reservations and further information. Reservations will be closed when spaces are filled so please reserve early for our planning purposes and your enjoyment. The deadline for reservations is Friday, September 14, 2007. There are many interesting special events taking place during the year to celebrate America's 400th Anniversary.
3-hour Guided Tour of Colonial Williamsburg
Monday, September 24, 2007
9:00 am - 12:00 noon --- Guided Tour of Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg was the Capitol of Virginia from 1699 until 1780. Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Washington, and other famous patriots from the pages of our Colonial history come to life in Colonial Williamsburg. Colonial Williamsburg isn't just a museum of restored buildings and artifacts. It's a living community where merchants sell their wares, craftspeople ply their trades, and brave patriots whisper plans for revolution.
Colonial Williamsburg is America's largest living history museum. An entire city restored to its’ 18th century appearance when Williamsburg was the political and economic center of the Virginia colony. As your Colonial Connection guide takes you on a narrated walking tour through the town you will get an overview of what life was like in the colonial times for both the rich and the poor. A visit to the Colonial Capitol is a journey into America's past.
Directly adjacent to the Historic area is Merchant’s Square. In this uniquely re-created atmosphere of 18th-century architecture, there are 40 privately owned and operated shops and restaurants offering everything from clothing, handmade candies, antique quilts, folk art, and a variety of exclusive Williamsburg linens, reproductions and other products. Price per person is $5.00 USD. The tour may be cancelled if minimum requirements are not met.
Guided tour of Two James River Plantations and Lunch
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
9:15 am --- Guide will meet the group at the Williamsburg Lodge
9:30 am --- Depart for Shirley Plantation
10:30 am - 12:15 pm --- Tour Shirley Plantation
Shirley tells the story of the Hill-Carter family, eye witnesses to eleven generations of American history. To this day, the eleventh generation continues to own, operate, and work this grand southern plantation. Shirley Plantation is Virginia’s first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the New World. The chronicle of Shirley Plantation best exemplifies the period in our nation’s history between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the movement towards American independence from Britain in 1776. Today, Shirley continues to be a working plantation, a private family home, a growing business, a National Historic Landmark and a direct link between the past and the present. http://www.shirleyplantation.com/aboutshirley.html
12:30 pm --- Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm --- Tour Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley is Virginia’s most historic plantation. On December 4, 1619, early settlers from England came ashore at Berkeley Plantation and observed the first official Thanksgiving in America. See the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President William Henry Harrison, “Old Tippecanoe.” “Taps” was composed at Berkeley when General McClellan headquartered 140,000 Union troops in 1862. http://www.berkeleyplantation.com/
3:45 pm --- Depart for Williamsburg
4:30 pm --- Arrive at Williamsburg Lodge
Tour includes: Motorcoach transportation, admission to both plantations, lunch, driver gratuity and guide service (guide gratuity not included). Price per person is $75.00 USD (based on a minimum of 20 participants). Tours may be cancelled if minimum requirements are not met.
Companion Program
Images courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Jamestown Settlement
