Happy #ArborDay ! 🌲 This week, we celebrated with a tree-mendous first annual Arbor Day Ceremony featuring the planting of a Lebanon Cedar tree for the new Evergreen Loop. This new trail will expand the inventory of the Arboretum to include more evergreen species!

The newest edition of #RevolutionaryReads featuring Eve Otmar, Master of Historic Gardening, is in full bloom! 🌿

Learn more about how “The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)” contains information that is as useful today to professional and aspiring gardeners as it was back in 1768.

A look back at “A Common Cause to All” 📽️ One month ago today, we joined @‌VARevolution250 to welcome over 400 guests who renewed their commitment to our common cause: engage & energize Americans in our shared history and future as we head toward America's 250th Birthday in 2026.

You can’t see Colonial Williamsburg for the trees. Wait, you can! 🌳

Get the tea on trees with Joanne Chapman, Director of Landscape and Horticulture, as she unveils the lush tapestry of trees that make the 301 acres of this living history museum a Level 2 certified Arboretum.

The Virginia Gazettes are full of unexpected stories... like a leopard for sale 🐆

As the first newspaper published in Virginia, the #HistoricalVAGazette offers one of our richest windows onto the stories that Colonial Williamsburg tells.️ Learn more ⬇️
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Introducing the newest edition of #RevolutionaryReads featuring Ken Schwarz, Master Blacksmith of 19 years! 🔥 Learn about how this book identifies the defining element of our interpretation of the Anderson Blacksmith Shop, Virginia’s Public Armoury during the Revolutionary War.

Making history with every inch of shadow 🌘

If not here with us, where did you view yesterday's solar eclipse? #Eclipse2024

Earlier this month, we hosted the 2nd edition of “A Common Cause to All,” a convening of delegates from across the country to continue planning commemorations for America’s 250th in 2026, in conjunction with the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commemoration 🎉

Read all about it: bit.ly/3xe1HTQ

During her career as publisher of the Virginia Gazette, Clementina Rind was one of the most visible & influential women in the colony. Learn more about the widow who printed the American Revolution: bit.ly/3TS0B9l

#HistoricalVAGazette #WomensHistoryMonth

Diving into the minds of history's changemakers with #RevolutionaryReads 📖 The latest pick takes a “deep and unflinching look at the relationship between the Church of England, slavery, and faith in the 18th-century Atlantic World”.

Have you read this book?

In telling the story of the Williamsburg Bray School, we must also tell the story of the students: This is Aggy’s story.

To learn more about her and the other Bray School students, visit the William & Mary Bray School Lab website: wm.edu/sites/brayscho…

#WomensHistoryMonth

Thrilled to have been in ColonialWilliamsburg for our Commission meeting and @VA250's State Convening. Honored to represent America250, bridging national and state efforts in a historic setting. 🇺🇸

The closing program for Virginia American Revolution 250 Commemoration was a 'Shock of Electricity'! ⚡ Yesterday, attendees were transported back to a dramatic moment in May 1774 when delegates pledged to join a NEW common cause: for Americans to unite in reflection, celebration & aspiration.

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