Virginia

We got to see something almost nobody else had seen yet. The day before “Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation” opened to the public at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, we walked through it first. It is Virginia’s signature exhibition for the nation’s 250th anniversary, built around the people, events,…

I did not expect a napkin to be the highlight of my dinner, yet that is exactly what happened at King’s Arms Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg. Our waiter gave us a full-size tablecloth to tie around our necks, and I mean full-size. He went on to explain why 18th-century diners at this establishment did it…