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Show Page G2 THE DAILY HI RAJ I t'rovo. I'uh. Continued from i, country town. W . tu ied out to be far more lucrat ve. J nestown was the capital un' a 1699, when an outpost b ,ween the James and York lUvers became the new seat of government and was named Williamsburg for, England's reigning king, William III. Williamsburg bustled with activity in the 1700s when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry and other delegates from all over the colony gathered for the sessions" of the House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in the New Boon the Continued from Gl naked in front of officers, hoping to make the "selektion," trying to convince them they'd last one more day. The listener senses the ordeal of survival. Graphic depictions of the horrors are often placed behind a three-foo- t high wall, where young eyes aren't likely to see. Viewing a particularly horrible video about medical experi n history. During its approximately 80 years as the capital of Virginia, Williamsburg became the most important city in the largest British colony in America. It was the seat of government and the courts. It was a major business center. From all over Virginia, people came to Williamsburg to learn the latest fashions, furnishings, news from and ideas coming World. England and other parts of At first they regarded themEurope. selves as English subjects, Here, on May 15, 1776, the seeking to redress grievances Virginia Convention unaniand reassert their rights. mously passed a resolution became demanding independence for they Gradually the colony. In Philadelphia on Americans, seeking in their own nation. June 7, Virginia's Richard Lively exchanges in the Henry Lee introduced to the House of Burgesses, taverns Continental Congress the and homes nurtured new ideas Virginia freedom resolution. of freedom and fueled fires of On July 4, the congress adopted Revolution. of Declaration the At the Capitol, Patrick written Independence, mostly Thomas by Henry's oratory incited rebelVirginia's lion against the Stamp Act. At Jefferson. In 1926 the work of reviving Bruton Parish Church, and for "a restoring Williamsburg Virginians gathered day of fasting, prayer and humiliabegan. Eighty-eigh- t original tion" in support of fellow patri- buildings have been preserved and restored. Archaeologists ots in the Massachusetts Colony. At Raleigh Tavern, found foundations and other remains from which hundreds Burgesses and others continued the debate, on ideas of of other buildings have been human freedom. From the reconstructed. In all, more than Governor's Palace, the repre- 500 buildings spread over 173 sentative of the British Crown acres of the historic area. reacted to the turmoil by Gardens grow on the plans of colonial times. adjourning the Burgesses. Visitors walk or ride a carDuring the war that followed was as riage up Duke of Gloucester Williamsburg regarded too vulnerable to attack, so the Street and around the side streets to the public gaol (jail), capital was moved to Richmond in 1780. Williamsburg gradual the windmill and farm area, or HOLOCAUST restored mansions, craft shops and taverns. The evening muster of the militia with colonial costumes and the stirring fife and drum music is a crowd favorite. Williamsburg provides children's hands-oprojects such as grinding corn, working as a tradesman's apprentice, seeing the animals and doing the tasks of eighteenth century children in their home and fam- Capitol, Governor's Palace, Bruton Parish Church and businesses along Duke of Gloucester Street have been restored and are busier than in colonial times as some two million tourists annually visit this segment of an emerging nation's Today, I forests r de the industry Ipromisirr but growing tobacco : I just another quiet ly became COLONIAi. ; Sunday. July 20, ments performed on prisoners is made optional by a taller barrier. People shake their heads in disbelief as they look down into the exhibit. the second floor, "The On Last Chapter" tells of opposition and resistance to the Nazis and recreates the liberation on video screens with footage from the Soviet, British and U.S. armies. Art by children in the Terazin Ghetto is on display. The names of the rescuers fill a wall, and on the screen of a theater built ily life. feasted our eyes on flowering shrubs and beds of blooms in Williamsburg gardens, but at the Capitol, a woman in costume convinced us to look outside Williamsburg for natural beauty. Her drive to her work as a guide at Williamsburg that morning "had to be the most beautiful drive in the world," she exclaimed. Next day we decided to see about her "most beautiful drive." We took the Colonial Parkway to Yorktown, At Yorktown a decisive battle led to the surrender of the British army to Washington's Colonials and their French allies. We saw the artillery emplacements and the defensive earthworks the British forces used to resist the Americans' attack. We visited the surrender field where the British stacked their arms while Lord Cornwallis "called in sick" rather than suffer the humiliation of surrender. Yorktown's visitor center, battlefield and interpretive programs are worth a day's visit too; the area worth a week's stay. The winding parkway along the York River, between a canopy of big hardwoods, was brightened now by undergrowth of dogwoods, their white blossoms "like a lace collar," as the woman in the Colonial Capitol had promised. We with stone from Jerusalem, survivors tell their stories. In the memorial hall, a flame burns continually in remembrance. On the wall behind it is inscribed this quote from Deuteronomy 4:9: Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children, and to vour children's children: . Quaiitis. Wnrn's Rebecca By New York Daily Newt SHERATON BAL HARRESORT BEACH BOR Florida package, Family through Aug. 31, starts at on two $80nightppbased adults and two kids. 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Louise Liston, a Garfield and County commissioner Escalante resident, would like to find money to pay overburdened volunteer fire and ambulance workers who have to take off from their real jobs when emergencies occur. "The president promised that the schoolchildren would not lose, that the federal government would trade us other land from which we could derive income," he said. "But that has not materialized yet." To smooth over some of the hard feelings against the federal government, the Bureau of Land Management has gone the extra step to include Escalante area residents in its efforts to develop a comprehensive management plan for the monument. 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