WebEditor's Note: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2001. The journal plans a series of stories that explore how Williamsburg's restoration came to pass. Below is the first, a never-before-published composition by the Reverend Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin. WebIn 1926, the Reverend Dr. W.A.R.Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish Church, shared his dream of restoring Williamsburg to its colonial-era appearance with philanthropist John D.Rockefeller Jr. ... The Colonial Williamsburg …

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WebRockefeller family visits Williamsburg. But Goodwin's big chance came in March 1926 when John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife and five sons worked Williamsburg into their trip to Hampton Institute. Goodwin met them, … Webrector, the Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (Kopper 1986:139-193). ... sense of Chesapeake society," the committee argued, "is to explain how two immigrant cul-tures-one European, the other African-became indigenous cultures, separate and highly un- ... Colonial Williamsburg managers, although it is difficult to pinpoint ... the simple life by charles wagner

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WebColonial Williamsburg Webthe Colonial Williamsburg Burgesses. Annual membership in the Colonial Williamsburg Burgesses includes those friends of Colonial Williamsburg who make an unrestricted gift of cash or securities valued at $1,000 -$2,499 during a year. Colonial Williamsburg Burgess also includes the 1776 Circle. Become a Colonial Williamsburg Burgess WebW.A.R. Goodwin Society Estate Plan/Life Income Gifts ... $249 Capitol Society $250 - $499 Colonial Williamsburg Assembly $500 - $999 Colonial Williamsburg Burgesses $1,000 - $1,775 1776 Circle $1,776 - $2,499 Colonial Williamsburg Associates $2,500 - $3,499 Governor’s Circle $3,500 ... the simple life channel 4 cast