William & Mary Elderhostel

Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
Jamestown, Birthplace of a Nation
Dates:  April 20-23, 2008  &  May 18-21, 2008

400 Years of History at the first permanent English settlement!

Subject to Change
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
The College of William and Mary Elderhostel Program Schedule
Colonial and Revolutionary
Virginia: Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown

Sunday
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm Informal gathering during registration
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm Welcome, Announcements & Staff Introductions
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Introduction: Williamsburg/Jamestown/Yorktown
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Academic Program Overview

Monday
6:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast at your leisure
8:30 am - 9:30am Class: Archaeology and the Rediscovery of Jamestown
9:45 am - 10:45 am Class: Continued
11:00 am -12:00 pm Special Guest: Advice on how to thrive and prosper in 17th-century Virginia
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Travel to Historic Jamestowne and explore
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner
7:15 pm Performance: Rare Colonial Instruments

Tuesday
6:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast at your leisure
8:30 am - 12:15 pm Field trip to the Jamestown Settlement Museum
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Class: Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia
3:15 pm - 5:00 pm Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner
Free Evening
Optional Event: Free concert at Bruton Parish Church at 8:00 pm

Wednesday
6:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast at your leisure
8:45 am - 11:30 am Walking tour of the Wren Building and Colonial Williamsburg
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Free Afternoon to explore Williamsburg on your own
5:15 pm - 7:30 pm Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Dinner
7:30 pm Class: Plantation Life during the Revolutionary War

Thursday
6:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast at your leisure
8:30 am - 10:00 am Class: Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia, cont.
10:15 am - 11:45 am Class: Revolutionary War at Yorktown
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Field Trip to Yorktown
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm See Visitor Center film, museum, gift shop and walk through Yorktown
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Surrender Field, Redoubts 9 &10
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Travel to the hotel
7:00 pm Performance: African American Storytelling and Music

Friday
6:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast at your leisure
8:30 am - 9:00 am Check-out time
9:00 am - 10:30 am Performance: Meet a Woman of the Town of York: Martha Goosley
10:30 am - 10:45 am Final Farewells, End of Program!
10:45 am- Boxed lunch for the trip home- Pickup up outside classroom

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W&M Elderhostel ~ P.O. Box 8795 ~ Williamsburg, VA ~ 23187-8795
Phone: 757-221-3649 ~ Fax: 757-221-2723
Last updated 9/6/07