Contemplating a beer - GW election reenactment
For the 5th annual reenactment of the 24 July 1758 election on 22 July 2023: A voter examines an empty beer glass from the Virginia Beer...
Interesting the Future into the Past - GW election reenactment
For the 5th annual reenactment of the 24 July 1758 election on 22 July 2023: A young man named Ben is given a tricorner by Jim Moyer. He...
Populations in June & July 1759
So how big were some of the cities in the NY, PA, MD, VA regions? On 9 July 1759 Andrew Burnaby (born 16 August 1732 – died 9 March...
Death looks Small and Distant on 4 July 1776
Adam Stephen remembers the 3rd and the 9th in his letter of July 4, 1776 to George Washington. That 3rd and the 9th are big dates for...
A Fourth of July 1759 Indian Conference
"On July 4, 1759, . . . Trent, Ward, and George Croghan (now deptuy agent to the superintendent of Indian Affairs, found themselves once...
Lt Col John Young - our next Virginia Lt Gov?
By end of June 1759 , we are more than a year into Lord Fauquier residing in the Governor's house in Williamsburg. Fauquier was...
Little Carpenter and Old Hop to receive gifts from "Council"
There's two stories here to wrap up June of 1759. One is about the gifts the Virginia Executive Council assigns to two Cherokee leaders....
Echo Village Sign and Abrams Delight Cabin
If you've lived in Winchester over 3 decades, you'll remember the Echo Village Budget Motel Sign. It shouted at you from the wall of...
Court Case: Trent vs Dinwiddie
Here it is June 1759 and Dinwiddie is long gone. Lt Gov Robert Dinwiddie finally left 12 Jan 1758. He was wanting to leave for health...
The Virginia Executive "Council" and House of Burgesses
There's two stories here. Wouldn't you like to know where the Council met and where the House of Burgesses met? That's one story. The...
