Re: Valley Forge/Williamsburg - off-topic

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In a message dated 9/6/2006 3:28:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
sholt@saxonholt.com writes:
Williamsburg (http://www.history.org/) can not BE more 
authentic, original buildings and all
Oh, I think it could be more a bit more "authentic" - my house is older than 
most of these re-creations ;-) 
Wikipedia text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
Early in the 20th century, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, one of 
the largest historic restorations ever undertaken, was championed by the 
Reverend Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who wanted to celebrate 
the patriots and the early history of the United States of America.
Some of the structures from the Colonial period have been reconstructed on 
their original sites. Many other structures have been restored to their original 
18th century appearances. Most buildings are open for tourists to look 
through....
...Re-creation and restoration started on November 27, 1926 with the noted 
designer Arthur Shurcliff as the chief landscape architect. Since then, Colonial 
Williamsburg has been nearly completely recreated. It features shops, taverns 
and open-air markets in the colonial style. The Governor's Palace and the 
Capitol building are among the significant buildings built to conjectural designs 
during the 1930s. Many other newer, but historic buildings were demolished to 
return the district to an approximation of its earlier appearance. Of the 
approximately 500 buildings in the historic area, 88 are original.

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As to Valley Forge - for a "real" experience - this is a fun article:
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/travel/escapes/27trip.html
I'll have to pass on that one myself - a bit too real for me.

And yes, the real Jamestown is next door to the "Jamestown Settlement" living 
history exhibit and sadly many tourists are funneled to the re-creation 
thinking it is real/authentic never going to the actual neighboring site.

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