Day 5: Zoe Berk & Haley Hansen
Today we got up and had to be on the bus at 7:30. We were going to Colonial Williamsburg. We got on the bus and rode for about ten minutes until we got to Colonial Williamsburg. When we arrived Mr. Habel got out a map and explained what we were going to do. We left the bus at about 9:30 and everyone anxiously got off the bus to explore Williamsburg. Mr. Habel gave us a couple of questions that we were going to have to answer when we were in Williamsburg. We had to go with at least a group of four people to answer these questions. Each group had to go to four different shops that were in Colonial Williamsburg. Some groups had to tag along with some school groups to get their questions answered. It was really interesting to see what these people were making and how they made them. All of the shop keepers spoke in a British accent and acted to tell us about their occupation. Some of the groups visited the Wigmaker, Silversmith, Millinery and Apothecary. Going around Williamsburg by ourselves was fun. After we had lunch, we met up with the whole group for a group tour of Williamsburg. We visited the Governors Palace, Slave’s Quarters and Cabinet maker. During this tour it started raining so everyone had to take out their ponchos and use them. After we finished our tour it got really hot and we went back to our hotel. Many people were tired so at the hotel we took a nap. After the nap we were allowed to go to dinner by ourselves and pick where we wanted to go. That night it started thunder storming and pouring rain. It was the perfect night for the witch’s trial. We got there early and some of the lucky kids got to sit in the jury benches. The trial took about an hour and was really interesting. The lady who played the witch was really weird and she also looked a lot like what a witch might look like. The whole trial was very dramatic. The name of the witch was Grace Sherwood and she was accused of killing an unborn child, pigs, destroying a crop and bewitching a lady. In the end she was found guilty and was hung. We spent the night in Williamsburg, Virginia and tomorrow we’re going to Jamestown Settlement and Fredericksburg Battlefield.