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2. Colonial National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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   The park includes the Colonial Parkway, a scenic 23-mile (37 km) parkway linking the three points of Virginia's Historic Triangle: Jamestown and Yorktown and running through the historic district of Colonial Williamsburg. The Colonial Parkway is located in James City County, York County, and the city of Williamsburg.

3. List of historic houses in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg - home of Virginia's colonial governors, reconstruction; Gunston Hall, 1755, Fairfax County — home of George Mason; Hartwood Manor, 1848, Hartwood - An unusual example of Gothic Revival architecture, constructed by Julia and Ariel Foote. Hidden Springs, 1804, Rockingham County — home of the John Hite II

4. List of James River plantations - Wikipedia

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   The house is open for guided tours during Historic Garden Week and by appointment. Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation was established in the eighteenth century as a seat of the Southall family. During the late eighteenth century, the 300-acre (1.2 km 2) plantation was owned by Furneau Southall. The original log portion of Piney Grove was ...

5. Colonial Williamsburg - Wikipedia

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   Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.Its 301-acre (122 ha) historic area includes several hundred restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of the Colony of Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more ...

6. History of Williamsburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Lying along the center-line of the Virginia Peninsula, the area that became Williamsburg was some distance from both the James River and the York River, and the ground's elevation gradually decreased as it approached the shore of each. Near Williamsburg, College Creek and Queen's Creek fed into one of the two rivers. By anchoring each end on ...

7. King takes in Sydney crowds and a sneezing alpaca during ...

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   It saw the largest crowd of the tour, with more than 6,000 people vying for the best spot to get a glimpse of the couple. In the capital Canberra the mood was very different when the couple paid ...

8. History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) - Wikipedia

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   The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as ...

9. King Charles Caught Off Guard by Sneezing Alpaca in ... - AOL

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   King Charles had an unexpected encounter with an alpaca while visiting Canberra during his royal tour of Australia.. Among the crowd of more than 1,000 well-wishers at the Australian War Memorial ...