Scenes From Williamsburg

I was searching for a photograph this evening and ran across some images I had taken a little over a year ago during one of my walking lunches.  The above image is the gate that leads into the Bruton Parish Church  cemetery.  I love the trees around Williamsburg….huge, ancient and oddly shaped.  Moss covered brick walls are something else that is quite commonplace in the colonial area.

This image is the Governor’s Palace…yes, your read that right, Palace.  From the Colonial Williamsburg website:

“The word “Palace” was first used for the governor’s house about 1714. Whether the term was used as irony in reference to its expense, or simply to designate an official residence is debatable.  When all was at last done, however, the building measured up to the name compared to other colonial structures, but not to European palaces.”

If you visit the website, they have additional photographs as well as a nice aerial photograph plus a lot more information.