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  • Presentation: Musket Demonstration

    Military Programs staff will demonstrate the loading and firing of the musket. Experience the sounds and smells a soldier experienced during the Revolution.

  • Music: Fife & Drum March

    The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, representing military field musicians, march down Duke of Gloucester Street.

  • Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle

    Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.

  • Presentation: Firing of the Noon Gun

    The noon gun signaled a cessation of morning drills and work parties and a start to preparing the midday meal.

  • Presentation: To Paint for War

    Discover the warfare of the Eastern Woodlands tribes and nations and its lasting legacy in the United States.

  • Hands-On: Under Arms

    Guests of all ages will step into the shoes of soldiers enlisting in the army during the American Revolution.

  • Presentation: The Shawnee and Dunmore at War, 1774

    Discover how Indigenous alliances, the Proclamation of 1763, and settlers’ quest for land contributed to the 1774 Shawnee-Dunmore War and why choosing a winner isn't always clear.

  • Music: Fife & Drum

    Watch and listen to the Fifes and Drums as they demonstrate the music and drill of various military ceremonies from an 18th-century soldier's working day.

  • Performance: A Soldier's Christmas

    Colonel James Innes returns home from the war filled with the haunting voices of his fallen comrades. Will he be able to recover from the war and find peace this Christmas?

  • Special Event: Salute to the Presidents

    The pageantry of fifes, drums, cannon, and remarks from Colonial Williamsburg Nation Builders salute our nation’s Presidents on Market Square.

  • Performance: Forgotten Hero: General Rochambeau

    Join French General Rochambeau as he discusses his role in the American Revolution, specifically during the Yorktown campaign.

  • Music: The Art of Fifing & Drumming

    Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they demonstrate the many musical tasks and ceremonies that occurred throughout a revolutionary soldier's day.

  • Special Event: Grand March and Review

    Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they lead visiting corps from around the country in a Grand March.

  • Special Event: Williamsburg Military Tattoo

    Guest units join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums for a thrilling torch-lit march down Duke of Gloucester Street.

  • Performance: Visit with Colonel George Washington

    Step into the past with George Washington, Colonel of the Virginia Regiment. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

  • Special Event: Successful Campaign

    Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums Senior Corps, plus a special guest, as they perform 18th-century military field music at the Charlton Stage.

  • Street Theater: Shawnee Princes Arrive, 1774

    Come witness the arrival of these Shawnee “Princes” into the city and the reactions when two cultures collide.

  • Giving an Officer’s Coat New Life with Death Head Buttons

    Explore the button restoration process of a regimental coat dated back to 1770. Read on to learn about the conservation method to replicate the buttons.

  • Wayward Highlanders

    Nicholas Biddle was one of few captains in the Continental Navy who had previous military experience; from mid-June 1771 until early 1774, he had been a midshipman in the British Royal Navy and was even shipmates with a young Horatio Nelson aboard HMS Carcass. When word of the Boston Tea …

  • What Did He Say?

    When studying a period long before video and voice recording was possible, it can be difficult to determine exactly what was said and when.

  • Washington’s First War

    Here are five things that you may not know about young Colonel Washington during his first baptism of fire, the French and Indian War.

  • Hoist Up the Flag: The British Red Ensign

    Find out everything you need to know about the evolution of British flags and discover what they mean. Read on to learn about flags during American Revolution.