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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG' S PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS
Vol. 71, No. 6
Online at intranet / cwnewsonline / index. htm
GROUP
DECEMBER 2018
1:
Foundation Addresses
BEFORE
2015
Compensation
2015
NEVER
2015
In an all- employee meeting
in late November, President
and CEO Mitchell Reiss
announced that the board of
trustees had endorsed
elY.1 Ii
base
pay increases as part of the
Foundation' s 2019 budget.
While increases will not
BEFORE
2016
2016
be possible
3. 5%
for all employees,
the first priority will be
those who have waited the
NEVER
2016
longest.
In addition, all non- bargain-
ing -unit employees hired
prior to Nov. 27, 2018, and
Note that these base pay
raises affect non- bargain-
active at the time of payment,
BEFORE
2017
2017
rate and executive management
tion Bonus in their first paycheck of January 2019. This
3:
ing -unit employees only. Flat -
will receive a $ 200 Apprecia-
GROUP
positions
includes junior interpreters,
1%
the Fifes &
Drums, casual and
NEVER
To determine
are not eligible.
unit employees
Bar-
will con-
tinue receiving the raises
stipulated
in the union
contract.
To find more details and see the
regular staff.
2017
gaining
your status in
President'
s prepared
remarks
regard to the base pay increase,
from the Nov. 27 all employee
see the charts to the left.
meeting, go to http.• 1intranet.
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Grand Illuminations by the Numbers
How to prepare for a holiday of historic proportions?
hang 775 wreaths on 215 buildings;
light 67 cressets;
install 50, 000 white lights on the Inn and Lodge;
offer musical performances on 6 stages; and
feature 60 pipers, 30 snare and 8 bass drums...
All to welcome a crowd of 35, 000- 40, 000
at Grand Illumination 2018.
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New Titles and
Trustees Elect New Chair and New Members;
Responsibilities
Bid Farewell to Wolf, Farrell, and Milligan
for Familiar Faces
Recently, Senior Vice Presi-
Two former board of trustees chairmen
are among three board members who
dent for Core Operations
educational and corporate boards.
Thomas F. Farrell, who was chairman
Ghislain d' Humieres
retired last month. Thurston R. Moore,
from 2011 to 2016, has also been an enthu-
announced
a member of the board since 2009, has
siastic
responsibilities for key leaders
become the body' s new chairman.
his wife, Anne Garland, have contributed
in ERHI, Strategic Communi-
to such initiatives
cations and Development.
Moore is the chairman emeritus of
Hunton &
Williams, a Richmond law
supporter
of the Foundation.
as the Campbell
He and
Endow-
rate and securities representation. He has
ment. Dominion Energy' s support for
Colonial Williamsburg has expanded
during his tenure as the company' s chair-
firm where his primary focus was corpobeen active in organizations that serve
the Museum Expansion Project and Lib-
including stints on the boards of the Vir-
ERHI
man and chief financial officer to include
business, artistic and educational needs,
new titles and
erty Ice Pavilion.
ginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Nature
Cynthia H. Milligan has served on the
led the board of trustees since 2016 and
board since 2005, including as chair of the
Educational Programs and Policy Committee. She and her husband, Bob, recently
provided the financial support necessary to
also has served on the Colonial Williams-
restore the Raleigh Tavern Porch, just one
Conservancy and the Virginia Foundation
for Independent Colleges.
Outgoing chairman Henry C. Wolf has
of a number of initiatives to
Beth Kelly
Vice President ofEducation,
Research and Historical
Interpretation
Development
which they have contributed.
Milligan is president and
CEO of Wood - Stieper Capital
Group and dean emeritus of
the College of Business
Administration at the Univer-
sity of Nebraska -Lincoln. She
has served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards in
Neil M. Gorsuch
and Development
Communications
teams.
addition to practicing and
Thurston R. Moore
burg Company Board. He has aggressively
sought to improve the fiduciary health of
Cara Sisson will lead Principal
and Major Gifts, Administration,
teaching law, and was director of banking and finance for the state of
Strategic
Communications
Nebraska. The sophisticated combination
the organization, while at the same time
of legal and financial expertise that Milli-
minding its civic and educational responsibility to the nation. He and his wife, Dixie,
have demonstrated strong philanthropic
leadership for the Foundation, funding sig-
gan brought to her work at the Foundation
nificant programs
from the Art Museums
and its staff to planned preservation.
will be greatly missed by her fellow board
members.
Three new trustees have accepted the
call to serve in the stead of those stepping
down. Neil M. Gorsuch, associate justice
Wolf had a storied career of more than
on the United States Supreme Court, was
34 years at Norfolk Southern Corporation,
Strategic
Communications
elected to the Foundation' s board of trust-
where he retired in 2007 as vice chairman,
Kevin Crossett
Vice Presidentfor
ees in July. Before taking his seat on the
having also served for 14 years as its chief
Supreme Court, he served as a judge on the
financial
United States Court of Appeals for the 10th
officer. He worked in the U. S.
Army Judge Advocate General Corps and
Circuit and taught at the University of Col-
clerked on the United States Tax Court.
orado Law School.
He is a former member of the College
of William &
Mary' s Board of Visitors,
where he was vice rector, among other
Edward Ayers and Walter B. Edgar, featured in the October
issue of CW News,
were also elected in July.
Andrea Sardone
Executive Director of Brand
and Marketing
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An
Winter Programs
Winter Training
by Nathan Ryalls
Though our Winter season has lower visitation, the division of Educa-
tion, Research and Historical Interpretation ( ERHI) will be just as busy.
Our staff members are ready to greet guests who brace the cold for carriage rides, visit with Nation Builders, and stop at our trade shops and historic sites. This slower time allows our guests to more intimately engage
with our staff and to spend more time in trade shops, walking through
buildings, asking questions after tours. Our Guest Satisfaction score rises
during the winter months, reflecting this more personalized experience.
It' s also a time when our staff can devote more time to projects. This
includes the Colonial Garden growing winter -hardy varieties in hot beds,
We will conduct training for all ERHI staff
during January and February including:
Introducing our Guest Satisfaction survey
results and analyzing them critically to
determine methods of more effective
engagement in the future.
Examining how we present historical fact
free from our own biases.
Exploring the roles 18th -century women
played in society to give interpreters the
tools to share stories that our modern audi-
research and other special projects around the Historic Area.
February will be focused on Black History Month with highlighted
Nation Builder programs, museum theater pieces including A Perfect
Adornment, A Gathering of Hair and others. Tours of the Palace, Capitol and Randolph House will all focus on the contributions of African
Americans to our history.
Women' s History Month will run through the end of March, with panel
discussions on topics relating to the lives of 18th - century women, museum
theater pieces, stories highlighting our female Nation Builders, as well as
tours that focus on women' s contributions to America' s enduring story.
ences —
especially female guests —
can
relate to.
Delving into the stories of African Americans to explore their lives as well as the
impact of slavery on our modern society.
Individual units will be offering training to
ensure everyone is updated on current scholar-
ship and operational procedures for specific
sites and buildings.
Coach &
Livestock drivers at all levels are
working toward further Carriage Association of
Povinelli Named Master ofShoemaking Shop
Val Povinelli began shoemaking at
Old Sturbridge Village and joined
Colonial Williamsburg Shoe Shop in
2002
under
master
Al Saguto.
Val
completed his apprenticeship in
2008, and became Journeyman
Supervisor of the Shoe Shop in 2016.
America certification.
The actor -interpreters will be developing and
rehearsing their Winter and Spring programming,
as well as concentrating
on character
ensemble work designed to bring specific sites
and landscapes to life in anticipation of the
beginning of Spring programming.
This year, our normal Spring hours ( 9 a. m. to
5 p.m.) begin on March 15, and Spring programming launches April 1. This decision by our
Programming Committee allows us to give full
attention to Women' s History Month in March.
�DECEMBER
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at intranet / cwnewsonline /
2018
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Community News
Photo Courtesy ofLisa W Cumming Photography
CW' s bi- annual naturalization cere-
mony, co- sponsored by the Williamsburg Chapter of the Daughters of the
Colonial Williamsburg hosted Salute
America' s Heroes for a leadership con-
with a military proclamation near the
Our Veteran' s Day ceremonies began
ference for combat -wounded veterans.
entrance of Liberty Lounge on Duke of
American Revolution, will be held Mon-
They met Martha Washington, James
Gloucester
day, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. in the Capitol.
Armistead Lafayette and President Jef-
bers, veterans and their families gath-
ferson, saw 18th -century military programs and toured Liberty Lounge.
ered outside the Capitol for a parade
Street. Active military mem-
down Duke of Gloucester Street honor-
ing veterans. The parade ended with a
Salute to the Citizen Soldier.
A memorial service honoring fallen
service members was held in collabora-
tion with the Williamsburg Chapter of
the Sons of the American Revolution in
the Governor' s Palace Revolutionary
War cemetery. As dusk fell, a lone bagpiper honored our nation' s heroes with
music played from the roof of the Gov-
The Community Christmas Tree
lighting will be Thursday, Dec. 20 at
5 p. m. in the Market Square / Courthouse
vicinity. It is held in collaboration with
the Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg.
ernor' s Palace.
An Un- Colonial Christmas, a holiday
evening program, has been revamped
with an original
and carefully
researched
script by Emma Cross, a playwright and
Nation
Builder.
The audience,
accompa-
nied by guides, moves from building to
building for each scene as they travel in
time to three distinct periods of Williams -
burg' s history occurring after our normal
Colonial focus. Audience members wit-
ness a party introducing the Christmas
tree to Williamsburg by Charles Minnigerode in 1842, then travel to the Civil War
era on the very night that the town's
enslaved population
would gain its free-
dom. The audience makes a final trip
through time to the busy USO in Williamsburg during World War II. The program will run selected evenings through
Christmas Day.
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Video Billboard
Launched in
Times Square
If you find yourself in Times Square
this holiday season, go to 43rd and
Broadway and look up.
Colonial Williamsburg will be
looking back at you — from a digi-
Library Hosts Goodwin Society
tal billboard, that is.
This 10- second spot was produced
In November, members of the Goodwin Society met at John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Library where Nation Builders and staff from the Library, Architecture, Conservation and the Corporate Archives shared artifacts and rare books with the group.
in -house using footage shot during
Here, Associate Archivist Donna Cooke answers questions about items from the
advantage
Foundation' s corporate archives.
available only to nonprofits for the
the summer. The Foundation took
of a discounted rate
spot, which will play a minimum of
three times per hour for 20 hours
Library Staff Shares History of
per day on a two -sided digital bill-
Merchants Square
board. While the video plays on one
side, an image with the logo is dis-
In October, Marianne Martin and
played on the other side. The video
Tracey Gulden made a well- received
went live Nov. 9 and will be in place
presentation on the evolution of Mer-
through Jan. 31, 2019.
chants Square at the Williamsburg
Regional Library on Scotland Street.
This billboard is directly across
the street from the ball drop on New
Year' s Eve. Approximately 1 mil-
The public program included photos
of Merchants Square businesses from
lion people pass through this area
the turn of the century to the present,
daily. Since many of them are tourists who travel as a family to NYC
revealing how the concept of Merchants
Square was developed during John. D.
for the holidays, this will be great
Rockefeller Jr.'s restoration of
Marianne to create the program to
Williamsburg.
Becky Michaels, an Adult Services
Librarian at Williamsburg Regional
Library, volunteers at the John D.
Rockefeller Jr. Library and assists with
share
some
of the Foundation'
s collec-
tions with the community.
Marianne and Tracey repeated the
presentation for the Foundation' s Volunteer Enrichment program and will
the archival photo collection. Fasci-
make additional presentations for the
nated by photos of Merchants Square' s
evolution, she asked Tracey and
community in 2019, including a May
appearance at the Hennage Auditorium.
visibility with the " connection seekers" that our marketing research
identified as our target.
The billboard features female
blacksmith Aislinn Lewis.
See for yourself at:
https: / www.youtube. com/
/
watch ?
v= aDUUC5magB0
�DECEMBER
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2018
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Behind the Scenes with the Visitor Center
You may not see them, but their work is vital
For many guests visiting Colonial
Williamsburg, the Visitor Center is a
first stop. The center, originally built in
1957, houses a team of welcoming, energetic ambassadors knowledgeable about
the opportunities
available
to guests.
About 40 ticket agents, two supervisors, two lead guest service specialists
and 70 volunteers pride themselves on
being the first Colonial Williamsburg
representatives guests encounter.
Debee
Martin,
manager
of orientation
and admissions, supervises the guest
service
specialists.
These
representa-
tives are prepared with training that
includes interactions with members of
other departments and time spent in the
Historic Area for first -hand experiences.
Agents strive to greet each guest in a
WARM way, an acronym for Welcome/
Ask questions / Recommend / Make the
experience. Agents take a genuine inter-
est in their customers, asking about their
plans and special interests and how long
they will be visiting — all to help them
plan better.
Representatives
must be prepared to
answer a variety of guest questions.
Some common ones include why a
ticket is necessary and whether Colonial
Williamsburg receives state or federal
funding. Others ask about history, some
thinks it might surprise staff in other
about the ages of original buildings, and
Center to take care of our guests. Those
gets a chance to add a special touch.
some want to know more about other
who have purchased
nearby
either online or elsewhere, can make use
Recently during a holiday crunch when
lines were long, they learned of a guest
who was nearing her 100th birthday. All
agents stopped their work long enough
to lead everyone in singing " Happy
Birthday" to her.
attractions.
Sherri Galentine,
a lead guest service
divisions to know how many ticket
agents are history buffs.
There are two lines in the Visitor
tickets in advance,
of Guest Services counters. Those who
specialist who has worked for the
need to buy passes use the regular ticket
Foundation for nearly 20 years, says
line. Agents wave flags to let guests
We have to paint them a picture and
describe all of the things they ought to
see and would miss without that ticket.
Some only have a short time and are
surprised to find out they need more
than a single day to see everything."
Employees who greet the public are a
know they' re available to help.
Military guests and their families are
greeted at the Military Information
Desk, staffed by volunteers ready to
share information about Liberty
Lounge, as well as available discounts,
for their honeymoon or that they come
here every year," said Geoff Hummel, a
guest services supervisor.
Sometimes
the Visitor
Center
The agents are prepared
team
for most situ-
ations, but even these intrepid employees can be taken by surprise now and
then.
A few years ago, a pair of oxen broke
honors, and experiences for these spe-
out of their pen at Great Hopes Planta-
cial guests.
tion and crossed the bridge to wait out-
special breed, and many began here
because they had a keen interest in history and a love for this place them-
it is to establish and maintain a friendly
selves. Danielle Gammon, a guest
relationship with their customers, espe-
options at that point, they knew to come
services supervisor who has been with
cially in a place so many hold dear. " So
often, guests will tell us they came here
to the Visitor
Center,
experts
with answers.
the Foundation for more than 20 years,
These employees know how important
side the Visitor Center doors.
If the oxen had questions
ready
where
about their
there were
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If These Walls Could Talk
Fall Gonzales Award
Brickwork Offers Clues to the Past
Winners Announced
by Matthew Webster
Nicole Brown,
who portrays Nation
Builder
Ann Wager,
will travel to the
United Kingdom to
attend " Slavery,
Christianity, and
the Williamsburg
Bray School in
4
England" in London and Oxford in the
winter and spring.
Top left. Circa 1750 fingerprints
brick in the Coffeehouse
seen on a
cellar.
Jonathan
Top right. A brick from the 1750s foundation of the Coffeehouse shows the stippled
surface
created
when rain hit the surface
Landscape
Lak,
Manager,
attended the Green
Industry and Equip-
as it was drying.
ment Exposition in
Left. A brick seen in the wall of the Wythe
house shows the glazed lines indicating
spacing in the kiln.
the
Louisville,
Kentucky, in
October.
Buildings in the Historic Area can
talk and tell us tales about the conditions and people that made their construction possible.
Some of my favorite clues in the Historic Area are in our original brick
buildings. If we consider the labor
involved in making them, we glimpse
the life of a brick maker. The Wythe
House, for instance, required more than
360, 000 bricks for construction, weigh-
ing almost 2 million pounds. Those
bricks were touched by the brick mak-
heat, which results in the sand vitrifying into a glazed surface.
Lines on the bricks tell us about the
molds used. Some bricks show stipples
Interpreters
or pock marks on the surface from rain
Stacy Loveland
and Mary Lawrence
when the raw clay " green" bricks were
still drying. Others, like some on the
chimney at Bracken Tenement, have
marks left by the brick maker placing
wet straw on the " green" bricks to keep
them from drying too fast and cracking
during hot and dry weather.
Some of the most meaningful marks
ers more than 3 million times before
are the maker' s fingerprints
construction even started.
Herbert will take
part in the Immersive Textile and
Fashion Collection
Tour in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia
and Washington, D.C., in January.
bricks' surface when " green" bricks
The color of these bricks tells us the
source for the clay and its location in
the kiln during firing. The clay source
for the late 1760s tower at Bruton Parish
left on the
were picked up after being molded. The
firing process hardened these marks
making them visible to us today.
Karen Clancy,
These are a few clues to our past in
Master Weaver, and
Church is very dark with many iron
the masonry structures around town.
inclusions, while brick used in the
They help us understand the material,
Elaine Shirley,
Husbandry Supervi-
1750s was lighter, resembling the clay
production, and labor involved in pro-
sor, will travel to the
ducing the bricks, and provide a link to
2019 Colored Wool
seen throughout the Historic Area. The
dark glassy surface on the face of some
and signature for individuals
brick is from sand that coated the mold
unlikely to survive in the written
record. These walls can talk and they
have amazing stories to tell.
and helped it release the clay. Bricks
closest to the fire are exposed to higher
that is
Congress and visit
museums in Milan,
Italy, and vicinity in
May.
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DECEMBER
2018
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Online
Your
Story: Peggy
at intranet / cwnewsonline /
index. htm
Vogtsberger
by Chuck Reusing
POSITION:
Guest
Service
Specialist -
Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor
Center
YEARS
OF SERVICE:
I have been
employed by the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
for 12' / z years, all in Guest
Services. I now work at the Regional
Visitor Center, but have also worked at
both the Merchants Square Ticket Office
and the ticket office at the Greenhow
Lumber House during my career with
Colonial Williamsburg.
WHAT I DO: I work at the Guest
Service and Admissions counters
redeeming vouchers for tickets
purchased online by guests and selling
basic daily tickets and tickets not
purchased in advance. All of us in Guest
Services and Admissions are cross trained, and we can work on either side
of the Visitor Center. I have also worked
at all of our satellite ticket offices in
Merchants Square, the Greenhow
Lumber House and the William Pitt
BIGGEST
assist visitors and their families in
store.
Triangle for the first time. We try to
My job as a guest service specialist can
be very repetitive in nature, but I always
keep in mind that many of our guests
might be visiting Colonial Williamsburg
for the very first time. My hope is that I
planning their time here. In addition to
WHAT I DO TO IMPROVE THE
selling tickets and redeeming vouchers,
GUEST EXPERIENCE:
we are able to provide each guest with
The Guest
ACCOMPLISHMENT:
Service staff at the Regional Visitor
the most current information available
Center is really the first point of contact
excellent guest experience for our
about the day and evening events. The
Daily Flash information is in our
computer system and the Williamsburg
app is also now available to visitors in
perspective
visitors,
advance of their visit.
Williamsburg and our programs
MEMORABLE
INTERESTS / HOBBIES:
for most of our visitors to Colonial
Williamsburg. We want to ensure an
many
of whom
are visiting
will spark an interest in them and their
families that will enhance their visit.
This might give them a different
about
Colonial
Colonial Williamsburg and the Historic
EXPERIENCES:
I have met many interesting visitors to
Colonial Williamsburg from all over the
world. They ask interesting and unusual
I love
questions and we try to answer them all.
history and am a Civil War buff. I love
to travel and I do a lot of hiking with my
dog Roxie. I also enjoy swimming in my
spare time and try to swim at least 2 - 3
With many of our visitors, I can sense
days each week.
that they have a strong interest in our
nation' s early history and I try to help
them make the most of their time here,
which often is very short.
�DECEMBER
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Our Valued Volunteers
Recently, Paul Harrison was able to photograph a small representation of our nearly 800 volunteers.
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If you have questions, please contact Chris Beitzell at cbeitzell& cwf.org or x7020.
Colonial Williamsburg News is published by the Office of Internal Communications for
Colonial Williamsburg employees. Send correspondence to: Colonial Williamsburg News,
GBO 209, or email to klbertson @cwf.org.
Editor in Chief Catherine Whittenburg, x7726
Making Crossing Safer
At the Foundation' s request, the
Editor Kerri Albertson, x7174
City of Williamsburg repainted
Contributors
the crosswalk on Lafayette and
Katie Appel, Patricia Barner, Chris Beitzell, Carol Brosnan, Carl Childs, Anna
Cordle, Lisa Cumming,
Michael Foster, Thomas Green, Tracey Gulden, Paul Harrison, Beth
Kelly, Iris Lewis, Jody Macenka, Debee Martin, Marianne Martin, Katherine
McDonald,
Joe
Poole, Chuck Reusing, Wayne Reynolds, Nathan Ryalls, Andrea Sardone, Bill Schermerhorn,
Angela Taormina, Nicole Trifone, Robert Underwood, Peggy Vogtsberger, and Matt Webster.
Botetourt Streets and erected
high visibility crossing signs.
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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Title
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Colonial Williamsburg News, volume 71, number 6, December, 2018
Creator
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Publisher
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Date
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2018-12