Colonial Williamsburg final day

We started Saturday, our final day in Williamsburg, by watching a Faces of the Nation  presentation this particular snippet addressed the plight of Susannah Randolph  a young unmarried woman who was forced to follow her father and mother to England because of her father John’s political leanings as an English loyalist. 

The Randolph family is particularly interesting because John’s younger brother was Payton the president of the first and second Continental Congress.The Randolph house was one of the largest residences in Williamsburg. The second picture contains a typical meal.in the Randolph household,

 Our next reenactment was a public audience with Thomas Jefferson. As with so many other performances the actor Bill Barker knew a great deal about his character. Barker has been portraying Jefferson for 37 years.

We had two excellent meals in Colonial Williamsburg the first was an excellent lunch at the Kings Arms on Friday

The second was dinner this evening at Shield’s tavern. This was the last night of the rally with a great group of Beaver’s