WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WRIC) – Next month, Colonial Williamsburg will celebrate Black History Month with programming and special events that explore the lives of the enslaved and free Black residents that ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Colonial Williamsburg plans to unveil a new addition to its virtual offerings this month, with a new virtual tour of the Peyton Randolph House. Unlike previous tours, ...

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, ...

The Nelson-Galt House and Kitchen. The oldest dwelling in town and one of the earliest frame houses in Virginia, the home’s core dates to about 1695. Thomas Nelson Jr., a former governor and a signer ...

WILLIAMSBURG — A hundred years ago, the man who many would call the “Father of Colonial Williamsburg” arrived in town. It wasn’t John D. Rockefeller Jr., the wealthy New York financier who famously ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The holiday season is getting a little spooky. Families and friends can now experience a "Christmas-themed" ghost tour throughout Historic Williamsburg. The Colonial Ghosts of ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Colonial Williamsburg is inviting residents to commemorate Black History Month in February with a range of research, interpretation, and other programming examining the ...

After briefly considering a costlier, period-style stay in a historic building, we ended up at the Griffin Hotel, a stately lodge on the property. We also could have stayed in the Williamsburg Inn or ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Colonial Williamsburg was one of America’s first planned cities. Gov. Francis Nicholson laid out plans for the city in 1699, and it was the capital of the Virginia Colony until ...