Williamsburg VA~William & Mary College & Bruton Parish Church

Fall is in the air.....

Getting some rain this morning, looks like Thomas Jefferson needs to get out of the rain.

 Tour guide is here now and we are going to William & Mary college.  This building is the second-oldest college in America. 

 Three Presidents of the United States were educated at William & Mary: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and John Tyler 

   The keyholes and the keys were huge.

The college burned the interior of the college 3 times.

  John D. Rockefeller, Jr. had bought property in Williamsburg Va wanting to put the buildings back to their original state.  Mr. Rockefeller ended up buying all the property and paid to have it all built to original condition.  The city's old and historic houses were falling into decay but could be rescued, preserved, and restored.  Thanks to Mr. Rockefeller. His name was kept secret for many years that he was the one who bought the property and restored it all.

 On to explore the church. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. devoted a good portion of his own restoration efforts to the church, so much a part of the colonial history of Williamsburg itself, and to its surrounding environment as well, beginning with the eighteenth-century churchyard walls and ancient tombstones.
Under the church floors still to this day are several 
 Bruton Parish Church

Buried beneath the marble flagstones inside the church was Governor Francis Fauquier, one of the best-loved of the colonial governors, who died in 1768.The organ remained in service until 1835. The present organ, the church's fourth, was presented by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1954.

Lots of horse and buggies roamed around the streets of Colonial Williamsburg. 

 
   

 Time to head back to the Bed and Breakfast.  Walked down a beautiful path back to the Welcome Center.  We are tired and ready to eat dinner.