Long Day in Colonial Williamsburg

It was an exciting (and exhausting) day. We crammed as must as we possibly could into a single day and I may never walk again. We got back to the hotel a few minutes ago and Keri and Ian are already asleep. We have one more day at Colonial Williamsburg and Ian doesn't plan to miss a thing. The highlight of today has to be the fifes and drums. Today was the last performance for two of the members who had been in the corps for the last eight years and they were doing everything in a form of celebration. It was quite a show.

We went back to Bruton Parish Church for a Handel performance by the organist and a contra-alto. The concert was by candlelight and it was wonderful. I couldn't help but think of Isaac Hite, Jr., whose house we had worked in for the last week and whose grave we had marked this past Saturday. He left Middletown to come to Williamsburg to attend William & Mary. While here, he met and listened to Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (who would later help design his home) and others. He marched off from here to fight for independence. He is honored on a plaque in the William & Mary Christopher Wren Building. Although he was not mentioned in the Colonial Williamsburg, the fictional Fry students could have been Isaac Hite. It was all very moving.

After the concert we walked around Williamsburg at night. This really is one my favorite ways to see the historic district