Law and Order
Tom Hay, site supervisor of the Courthouse at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses colonial-era court proceedings, crime, and punishment.
Tom Hay, site supervisor of the Courthouse at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses colonial-era court proceedings, crime, and punishment.
Patrick Henry, as portrayed by Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Richard Schumann, defends the bill on religion he introduced to the Virginia General Assembly.
Colonial Williamsburg interpreters Bill Barker, as Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Schumann, as Patrick Henry, debate on whether Virginia citizens should be taxed to support religious institutions.
Gaynelle McNichols, supervisor of the Capitol and Gaol in Colonial Williamsburg, describes the function of the Gaol and the punishment of criminals in colonial Wiliamsburg.
Mack Headley, Colonial Williamsburg's master cabinetmaker, discusses the work of a cabinetmaker in colonial-era Williamsburg and today.
Mack Headley, master cabinetmaker at Colonial Williamsburg, looks at the process of cabinetmaking according to colonial-era practices.
Stewart Pittman, a military interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the city's Powder Magazine, looking particularly at the Boys' Company, a group of young men who broke into the magazine in order to steal muskets for drilling for participation in the American Revolution.
Corinne Dame, an actor-interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, describes the work involved in researching and portraying a variety of historical characters, including Frances Davenport, an upper-middling wife, married to Matthew Davenport, a clerk of the courts; Barbry Hoy, whose husband enlists in the Army during the Revolutionary War; and Elizabeth Maloney, who has two children with a slave.
Terry Lyons, a Colonial Williamsburg wigmaker, looks at the place of wigs in colonial society and what they revealed about the wearer's social status.
Jason Whitehead, supervisor of historic masonry training at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the process of making bricks according to colonial-era practices.