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It’s one year, two milestones, zero excuses
Walk down a mile of car-free cobblestone road, duck into a blacksmith’s shop where the anvil hasn’t gone quiet in 300 years, then step into a tavern where George Washington once ate dinner.
Colonial Williamsburg is a 301-acre living history museum in Virginia, and 2026 turns it into something it has never been before: a place celebrating its own 100th birthday at the exact same moment the country turns 250.
You won’t see that combination again.
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Duke of Gloucester Street puts you in the 18th century
The Historic Area runs along Duke of Gloucester Street, a mile-long road closed to cars during the day so you can walk it the way colonists did…