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History of James City County, Virginia
The settlement and heritage of the county has been largely overshadowed by museum restorations at Jamestown and Williamsburg, Virginia's first and second capital cities.
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Bring your Bicycle to Williamsburg
The Colonial Parkway is a safe route for adult and teen cyclists, although the slow hills can be a little challenging. The Virginia Capital Trail is perfect for all ages!
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Chickahominy River in Virginia
The Chickahominy River watershed is one of hundreds of sub-watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay and includes 470 square miles of the Bay's 64,000 total square miles.
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Williamsburg, Tried But True
After seventy-odd years of conception and operation, it may be a granddaddy, but Colonial Williamsburg is still the gold standard for America's living history museums.
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Williamsburg, Virginia Vacation
If you are looking for a fun, affordable family getaway, then Williamsburg is your place. Williamsburg offers free attractions and secluded beaches. Check it out!
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Wythe House Ghosts - Williamsburg, VA
The Reverend Dr. Goodwin used the house as headquarters during the colonial renovation. He, staff members and guests had encounters with its spectral residents.
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Williamsburg - Ghosts, Clocks & Legend
Paranormal cases and folklore often mix, but this shouldn't detract from real haunters once it's revealed the lore is fantasy, as it is with Blackbeard in Virginia.
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What are Keywords?
Keywords are the words potential customers type into Google and other search engines when looking for information, products, and services. They are key to online success!
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Colonial Wars
The French and Indian War was the colonial representation of the same forces and tensions that were taking place in the European Seven Years' War.
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Join Project Budburst in the USA
Become a citizen scientist by monitoring plants for Project Budburst, a national climate change observation and research initiative.
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New Quarter Park Near Williamsburg
Many visitors to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown like to find nearby sites like New Quarter Park to get outdoors and walk, bike, or kayak.
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New Year's Eve in Virginia
Are you looking for a place to take the kids on New YEar's Eve to celebrate? See what's happening around Virginia in 2007.
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Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich
Zinging dialogue, quirky characters and improbable situations make this early Janet Evanovich novel an easy read and a budget friendly Thanksgiving getaway for the mind.
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Best Folk Art and Outsider Art Museums USA
Folk Art and Outsider Art have become highly prized and collectible over the last fifty years. In response to that demand, museums have opened around the United States.
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Coyote in Eastern Virginia
Coyote are territorial carnivores seen in welcoming areas of eastern Virginia where there are small mammals like mice, squirrels, and rabbits for them to eat.
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Eastern Virginia Farming Tradition
In rural James City County near Williamsburg, Virginia, generations of farmer toiled on ancestral land to raise tobacco and later to supply produce to markets.
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How Colonial Chesapeake Ancestors Lived
Genealogists can enjoy a trip to St. Mary's City or Colonial Williamsburg as a reward for finding Chesapeake ancestors and get to know their world if not their names.
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Key Entertainment at Historic Busch Gardens
Busch Gardens is a more than an amusement park. It is acres of food, fun and entertainment that the entire family can enjoy.
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Shenandoah National Park
Whether visiting the nation's capital, Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg, Mount Vernon or Monticello, there is a storied and beautiful National Park waiting nearby.
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Virginia's Battle of Green Spring
The battleground of 1781 remains accessible but Green Spring Plantation is not open to the public.
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Romantic Weekend Getaways
Couples who plan romantic getaways - for Valentine's Day or otherwise - can choose from long weekends in Hawaii, New York, California and more. Fall in love again!
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Amusement Parks
A list of five of the best amusement parks in America.
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College Golf Scores
Many high school golfers are under the misconception that they have to be the next Phil Mickelson or Annika Sorenstam to obtain a golf scholarship or play college golf.
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Colonial American Craftsmen Postage Stamps, 1974
Leonard Everett Fisher of Westport, Connecticut designed all four 8-cent postage stamps and executed them using the scratch board method.
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Ghost Tours in Virginia
If walking down eerie roads and investigating buildings for paranormal activity sounds like a great way to spend the evening, then these Virginia ghost tours are perfect.
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Martha Washington: First Lady
The remarkable life and times of the "first" First Lady of the United States.
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American Beautyberry
In a 545-acre park near Williamsburg, Virginia, American Beautyberry comes into fruit in late summer and the purple berries feed wildlife through the end of the year.
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Antebellum Political Characters from Virginia: Robertson
First of two articles about Louisiana's antebellum governors from Virginia, Thomas Bolling Robertson and Henry S. Johnson. Because the local population lacked the knowledge necessary for leadership in state government in these early years as a state, two men from Virginia, a state long in American history and leadership, filled a void.
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Do I Need a Copyright?
Artists, inventors, and innovative business owners who want to make money from their work should seek advice on protecting valuable assets.
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Greg Curfman, Creator of Meg!
Greg Curfman and his cartoon Meg! have been in the funny pages for only a few years. The comic strip based on a spunky little girl has a humour similar to Calvin and Hobbes and is a lot of fun.
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The American Girl Book Characters
The American Girl book characters are ten girls who live in various times and places in American history. Through their book series, they learn timeless lessons.
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Was Paul Revere's Mother a Silversmith?
Women working today as welders, carpenters, farriers and other traditional 'men's work' haven't taken on anything new. Colonial women led the way.
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Who are the American Girls?
For elementary and pre-teen readers, Samantha, Kit, and Julie aren't just dolls, movie characters, or book heroines. They are friends and mirrors of themselves.
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William Nuthead (1654-1695)
The work of this colonial printer illustrates the development of printing as a means to inform the public at a time before freedom of the press was taken for granted.
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Christmas Memories
Memories of growing up in the village of Toano, Virginia, during the 1930s reveal simpler times.
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Christopher Wren Britain's Greatest Architect
Sir Christopher Wren is one of Britain's most well-known and best-loved architects. How did this academic and scientist change the face of architecture in Britain?
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Daylilies in Sunnyridge Gardens
Visit with the Couturier's and discover the spiderladies method of growing great Daylilies.
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Healthy Eating
Toward the end of the summer and into the fall, in some locations, vegetables and fruits are bountiful. There's no excuse for not eating plenty of the good stuff!
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In a Nutshell - more History
A continuation of In a Nutshell part1 -more on the history of mental illness
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Jefferson and the Aristocracy
Influenced by the writing of the Roman Senator Cicero, Thomas Jefferson introduced bills to repeal the laws of primogeniture and entails in the Virginia legislature.
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Life as an Apprentice in Colonial America
For many boys in the American colonies, an apprenticeship was the tough first step into the working world. But they were better off than their counterparts in Britain.
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Martha Washington
Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, came from a life of privilege living on plantations in Virginia.
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Non-Profit Fund Raising
The Internet has changed the way non-profit organizations solicit and donors research giving. Successful nonprofits use online tools.
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Powdered Wigs in Colonial America
Back then, some men were glad to pay good money to have their heads shaved and fitted with a perfumed wig, maybe with blue powder and a pink ribbon.
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TBI Awareness
Traumatic brain injuries can be life changing. Look for symptoms in anyone who has hit his or her head and treat head injury like the very real injury that it is.
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The Not So Ubiquitous Boxwood
Boxwood needn't be dull. New cultivars provide plenty of interesting shapes, sizes and colors and hundreds of new uses in the garden. . . . and in containers. There are few plants as versatile or can give your garden a feeling of permanence the way Boxwood can.
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Where to Find the Best Amusement Parks (Part 3 of 3)

Amazing Race 15 Cast Preview
From poker pros to Harlem Globetrotters to country singers, get a sneak peak at the 12 teams who'll be racing the world in CBS's fifteenth edition of The Amazing Race.
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Knock Off the Old Knot Garden? NOT!
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Life for Children in Colonial Boston
Padded caps were the fashion for toddlers. Stays were common for both boys and girls. If you were a schoolboy, you could expect to be called a "gnurly wretch."
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