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To help get into the times, Capri and Jake wore clothes and hats of the colonial times.  Here they are in front of the Governor house.  This would basically be the "White House" of the day since Williamsburg is where the English colonies in America were ruled from.

Again Williamsburg is a major living history site.  Here the woodworkers did their craft/art.  They started with a tree trunk and 900 hours later they had the cabinet in the upper left hand corner of the image.

They explained that not a lot of cloth was made in the colonies since it was before the cotton and the cotton gin and England kept tight control on the sheep that produced decent wool for cloth.  Most of the weaving was lower grade like for sails or was done to keep the help busy on rainy days.

Early entertainment, at least it is more active then a Gameboy.

The metal forger are completely different then silver smiths.  The forgers pour molten metals into molds to create the shape they want and silver smiths do their craft by pounding the metal into the shape they are after.  Here is some of the steps for a silver ladle.

The Wig Maker is quite a character, never really going out of her role, including scolding the girls for wearing so little and mostly undergarments (tank tops and shorts) 

She said that in her world George Washington was a simple plain man because he powdered his real hair rather then shave his head and wear a wig like the real important people like Thomas Jefferson.

This is a rebuild version of the building that would be the earlier capitol building since this is were the colonies were ruled from for England.

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