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November, 1928
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Historic Williamsburg as a National Museum
AMERICA has come to such an age that we delight more and more in the memories and things of the past. We have a history that is worth recreating. Many historic places and old churches in Virginia already have been restored to their original Colonial design, and increasingly the mansions of the Colonial period have been and are being rehabilitated and brought to their former architectural and landscape beauty. All this has inspired the gorgeous dream of restoring a whole living city to its bygone splendor. Such is the plan for old Williamsburg in old Virginia.
C. J. Heatwole
reality when nearly 85 per cent of the necessary land and property was in the process of actual transfer involving the expenditure of nearly two million dollars. It has since developed that the project is substantially backed by two or three multi-millionaires and the completion of the projected plan will involve the additional expenditure of many more millions. All that can safely be said at present is that the spending of all this money is in the hands of one man, the Rector of old Bruton Parish Church, the Rev. William A. R. Goodwin of Williamsburg, who originated
flavor. It was the Colonial seat of the Royal Governor and the capital of one of the oldest of the original commonwealths. It was the birthplace of American liberty and the center of the political atmosphere in which the nation was born. It was the home of many of the great men who launched the ship of state which now commands two oceans and stands without a peer among the nations of the earth. It has through the centuries remained a small city, the entire permanent population never being over two thousand. It has stood still for over two centuries and many of the ancient buildings are still
The story of the restoration of Williamsburg when first announced sounded like a fairy tale or a fascinating romance, but more and more it came to be substantiated and took the form of a
The College of William and Mary— 1840
the plan and secured the financial backing.
Williamsburg of all places in America is suited to the carrying out of such an experiment. It still retains much of its Colonial
standing, some of which are in a dilapidated condition.
The main street of the town the original charter says shall forever be named the Duke of Gloucester Street. This thor
Partial reprint from The Virginia Journal of Education, June, 1928, by permission.