Evening star., 1934-07-08

behind the scenes" by taking you to
a quaint old building across Main
street from their headquarters. In a
back room there you'll be shown,
what to this correspondent is one Of
the dramatic acts of the entire pro-
gram of restoration and preservation
of Yorktown, the piecing together OF
the 'fragmentary bits of china that
excavators have painstakingly dug
from the foundations they uncover.
Long tilted work tables, fairly covered
with tiny pieces of china, crockery
and glassware, are the work benches
of ceramic experts who tediously piece
together these tiny particles to re-
build the very utensils used by the
Colonial residents of old yorktown.
Another Place to Linger.
When you've seen Yorktown, travel
Is miles more through lovely Tide
water countryside to Williamsburg.
Your route will lie over State highway
No. ITO and No. ia to Pocahontas
Trail mo. 60). Here again: Don't
hasten your visit to Williamsburg
where the Rockefeller Foundation is
lifting out of an obscure past the en-
tire Colonial Virginia capital. Again,
too, quit your automobile and walk.
The fact is. if you visit Williamsburg
this Summer, you'll have to walk If
you would see this town at all, for
its main thoroughfare, the Duke of
Gloucester street. now is little more
than a rutted gulley for it is in the
midst of its restoration to the appear
ance it held when Williamsburg was
the living center of the Colonial life of
TideWater Virginia. There's no rea-
son to shorten your stay because you
may have excellent meals and up-to-
date service here, and, if you would
stay over night, there are splendid
facilities for that, too.
One of the excellent stopping places
is the Williamsburg Inn. The rates
for single room are from 50 to s4,
while double room may be'had from
SIS to Sc. Breakfast is IS cents.
luncheon is rs cents and dinners are
81 and SIPS. A feature if this inn
is the 'no-tipping" policy. If one
would enjoy even more atmosphere
than the Williamsburg Inn offers
though its air is delightful-he might
take his meals at the Travis House,
the only restored Colonial house still
catering to the public.
When you reach Williamsburg 60
first to the old Court House. There
you'll find museum displaying relics
of this town in its Colonial glory and
there you'll find accommodating
counsel for your tour. You'll be given
a folder that is an excellent guide
to the entire city. An isometric draw
ing which is in fact, a prictorial
map of the city. will steer you with
out difficulty over the ground.
On your visit here remember that
the Duke of Gloucester street is the
backbone of the city. At its west
end is the old college of William and
Mary; at its east end is the restored
Capitol Building. The Duke of Glou-
cester street is intersected at center
by the Palace Green, a broad ap-
proach to the restored Governors
Palace, two blocks north.
Where Patrick Henry Spoke.
Now, visit the Capitol. 1t is a
duplicate of the first Williamsburg
Capitol that was constructed in 1705
to accommodate the seat Of govern
ment, which had been moved in 1899
from jamestown Island. Painstaking
research produced the plans from
which the present structure was built
and furnished. The original Capitol
was destroyed by fire in 1747 and
second and less pretentious building
was constructed. It was in the Viz
ginia Capitol that Patrick Henry Of
fered his resolutions against the
stamp act. It was here that the first
step to unite the Colonies was taken,
and it was here that the first written
Constitution of free and independ
ent State was adopted
From the Capitol visit the Cover
nor's Palace, which, like the Capitol,
is a restoration completed under the
splendid Rockefeller program. The
original palace was completed between
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