In the year 1776:

America was a British Colony.

Nothing moved faster than a horse, barge on a river, or ox in a field.

Nothing could shine brighter than a lit candle.

One cobbler could make 1 and half pairs of shoes each day.

Mr Greenhow would have the most recent finery from England.

Quiet conversations could be had and observed.

Lessons in civility were studied and learned.

From a distance fife and drums are heard. 

Nearer they come, hearlding in the heartbeat of a new nation.

From the present we observe the past….

and witness the beginnings of what would become the United States of America.

Last week we lived in the year 1776 at Colonial Williamsburg. We greatly enjoyed the quiet and lovliness of the 18th century as well as living in and around the birth of what would become the United States. As they say in 1776 ….Huzzah!  ( A greeting or cheer of hurray.)