Revolutionary CityR" Returns To Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area MARCH 17
03-01-2008
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Williamsburg’s Romeo-and-Juliet Revolutionary Story Tells A Tale Of Love
Amid Divisive Family Loyalties, The Winds Of War & 18th Century Uncertainty |
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The highly acclaimed outdoor dramatic presentation, Revolutionary City®, returns to Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area March 17 with new scenes, stories and events. The third season of Revolutionary City includes additional integrated events and programs that relate to the Revolutionary City – the award-winning interactive flagship program featuring stories based on research of true accounts and events that actually occurred in 18th-century Williamsburg.
Colonial Williamsburg’s “Revolutionary City” is a family-friendly, live, dramatic program that breaks the boundaries of traditional living history experiences. It covers the period of 1774 to 1781 through a combination of large-scale streetscape events and multiple simultaneous vignettes. The program creates |
British Gen. Benedict Arnold speaks to the citizens of The Revolutionary City during “Citizens At War.”.
To obtain this image, contact Penna Rogers at (757) 220-7121 or through e-mail at progers@cwf.org. |
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a spontaneous real-time feel of Williamsburg during the years of the American Revolution. Guests take part in the everyday life of the city against the backdrop of momentous world-changing events.
The significant events that played out in Williamsburg were directly related to the establishment of the American republic and essential to the creation of our form of government. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is committed to connecting 21st-century guests to the American Revolution in meaningful ways and, in doing so, contributing to sustaining the American experiment. These programs are based on historical research and accuracy. Momentous events of the colonial period happened in the very place where guests walk today. Streets come alive as the townspeople and guests participate in the dramatic events that led to independence, the creation of a new kind of society, and the winning of the war. This is the story of our struggle to become a nation—from subjects to citizens. “Revolutionary City” is a uniquely American story, presented where it actually happened.
Building a Nation!: The Transformation from Subjects to Citizens
“Building A Nation!” acquaints ticketed guests on Mondays with both well-known and obscure 18th-century townspeople of Williamsburg as they pursue their lives against a backdrop of world-changing events. Guests meet and engage patriot leaders, visionary preachers and other residents as they shape a new society with the promise of liberty and prosperity for all its citizens. Begin the day with the Revolutionary Story of Alexander Purdie, the printer. A Scottish immigrant, Purdie publishes one of two Williamsburg newspapers and uses his newspaper to champion the patriot cause. “Building a Nation!” continues at 3 p.m. with a series of scenes that demonstrate the challenges for transforming a nation from royal subjects to citizens of a new republic. Patriot leaders illustrate the “Times that Try Men’s Souls.” The enslaved bemoan the prospect “That Freedom Ain’t for Me.” Martha Washington arrives in the capital city to demonstrate concern for the revolution’s wounded veterans. An enslaved Baptist preacher takes comfort in “Thy Rod and Thy Staff,” and a founding father “Looking Forward” envisions the future of the new republic.
Collapse of Royal Government: Affairs of the Heart Amidst Revolutionary Tensions
A Revolutionary Love Story will enchant many. This 18th-century Williamsburg Romeo-and-Juliet romance will take place on Tuesday, Thursdays a
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