When John Brush began building a house at the north end of Palace Green in 1718, the neighboring Governor’s Palace was just a pile of bricks four years away from being finished. The new sanctuary at ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen’s fifth great-niece, will be visiting Colonial Williamsburg on Oct. 15 at a ...

In 18th-century Williamsburg, families didn’t decorate for the holidays with shiny tinsel, sparkling bows, Christmas trees or Santa Claus figurines. Instead, women gathered materials from their yards, ...

As the morning sun begins to cut through the winter chill, the Colonial Williamsburg carpenters’ yard already is bustling. Hammers pound into wood and hand saws rhythmically tear through boards. After ...

Last December, the Colonial Williamsburg Department of Archaeology discovered the two unmarked infant burials in the field ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — In honor of Juneteenth, Colonial Williamsburg isn't just looking back. It's making steps forward. Thursday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the reconstructed African Baptist ...

Freedom Park ’s another place to get active outdoors, with more than 20 miles of mountain bike trails and the Go Ape Zipline ...

Over her 25 years as a Garden Club of Virginia member, Sarah Huddleston has enjoyed visiting properties across the state during Historic Garden Week. She even chaired a Yorktown tour one year. But ...

Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum, a reconstructed freezeframe of life in the 18 th century. Employees wander about the town clothed in appropriate attire or situate themselves as ...

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has hired Diane E. Branch as vice president of real estate, the foundation announced Friday. Branch will manage a portfolio of nearly 400 parcels, which is more ...