For America’s 250th birthday, the Washington Examiner is taking you to Virginia’s Historic Triangle, where the story of our nation began. From the Jamestown settlement, the first permanent English colony in America; to the Yorktown battlefield, where the fight for independence was won; to Colonial Williamsburg, where America’s founding principles were debated and shaped; step back in time to explore the places and events that forged our nation.
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Colonial Williamsburg is giving visitors a chance to experience the places and people that helped shape the nation.
More than two centuries ago, the Duke of Gloucester Street was at the center of some of the most important debates in U.S. history. People can walk the same streets as Virginia’s founders, step inside the Capitol where lawmakers debated the colony’s future, and gather for daily readings of the Declaration of Independence…