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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. …
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Bruton Parish Church
I processed this image to give it a vintage type post card look. I was attempting to get this shot without anyone in the photograph and I almost succeeded. Do you know how hard it is to get a shot of any landmark in Colonial Williamsburg without people ~ especially in the summer? Well let’s just say I’m extremely lucky there is only one family and one couple (behind the tree) in the image. Generally people are crawling all over these grounds like ants on an ant hill. I waited and waited ~ the life of a photographer….lots of waiting sometimes for your shot. Here’s a little info about the subject matter ~ no worries…I will…
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Bruton Parish Cemetery
A section of the Bruton Parish Cemetery. Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg. It was established in 1674 in the Virginia Colony and remains an active Episcopal parish. There are some incredibly old tombstones which you can read with your naked eye but they do not photograph well. There were two of these close to the path that I was on that simply said “Confederate Soldier” and a year….. From the Bruton Parish web site…….. Many Confederate Soldiers died in the Battle of Williamsburg fought May 5, 1862 and were buried in the Bruton Parish church yard. At the end of that day, there were 4,000 casualties…