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Other area attractions: Busch Gardens Williamsburg has been named "America's Most Beautiful In 1607, three shiploads of men and boys arrived at the James River and began building the first permanent English colony, Jamestown. Life-size replicas of The Battle of Yorktown was the definitive battle of the American Revolution, | |||||||||||||||
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Christiana Campbell's Tavern
Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease 1-1/2 inch muffin tins. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and mix well. Blend in the sweet potatoes. Sift the flour with the baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add alternately with the milk. Do not overmix. Fold in the nuts and raisins. Fill the greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake at 400 F for 25 minutes. Can be frozen and reheated. | |||||||||||||||
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along Duck of Gloucester Street, 18th-century wares are created by modern craftsmen in the same tradition as their ancestors. From hand-wrought silver jewelry to potions created to ward off the plague, a fine sampling of Colonial goods are available. Greenhow and Tarpley's General Store offers most another that was needed for the household, and Raleigh Tavern Bake Shop pulls you in with the aroma of gingerbread drifting in the air.
Market Square from the early 1800's, this quaint mall has over forty stores and restaurants settled among plush foliage. Sprinkled throughout the antiques, handcrafted pewter, needlework supplies, country quilts, leather bond antiquarian books and prints, are modern shops, providing last minute supplies for the traveler from the pharmacy, camera shop and clothing stores.
Theme Park" for the six consecutive years by the National Amusement Park Historical Association. Set among the 17th-century European-themed park are over 35 rides and attractions and eight stage productions. The most recent addition to the park is Apollo's Chariot, Busch Garden Williamsburg's fifth world class coaster.
these boats can be seen and toured, in addition to a recreation of a Fort James at Jamestown Settlement. Costumed guides present daily life in the early 17th-century, in terms of blacksmithing, animal care, agriculture and meal preparation. Governmental development is presented from the roots planted in 1619, when the first representative assembly met in Jamestown and served as capital of Virgina until 1699.
that resulted in the emerging of 13 colonies into the United States of America. Today, many of the buildings which stood during the battle in 1781, are still in place. Costumed hosts lead visitors through history at a re-created Continental Army encampment and in the garden and kitchen of a 1780's farm. Points of interest include Victory Monument, Surrender Field, and the trenches and parapets of the 18-century military forces.
