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  • Using interpretation and technology to revive the 18th Century in Williamsburg VA
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    Using interpretation and technology to revive the 18th Century in Williamsburg VA

    ByEileen Ogintz October 16, 2014July 9, 2021

    The idea in the Historic Triangle — home not only to this recreated 18th-century city but also to the living-history museums Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center, is to use interactive activities, 21st-century technology and costumed interpreters

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  • After the wedding, time to explore the Charlottesville VA area
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    After the wedding, time to explore the Charlottesville VA area

    ByEileen Ogintz October 16, 2014July 9, 2021

    Correspondent Melissa Miller had time to spend touring the Charlottesville VA area after a spectacular wedding this month. Here is her report.

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  • A family visit to New Bedford MA, once America’s whaling capital
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    A family visit to New Bedford MA, once America’s whaling capital

    ByEileen Ogintz October 15, 2014July 9, 2021

    The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest museum in the country devoted to the story of whaling and the history and seafaring traditions of Massachusetts’ south coast region.

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  • Monticello is super kid-friendly, just like Thomas Jefferson was
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    Monticello is super kid-friendly, just like Thomas Jefferson was

    ByEileen Ogintz October 13, 2014July 9, 2021

    It is only fitting that the home of our third President and the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence is so kid friendly. Jefferson was very fond of his 12 grandchildren, many of whom lived here with him after his retirement

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  • A high schooler leaves his comfort zone in Costa Rica
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    A high schooler leaves his comfort zone in Costa Rica

    ByEileen Ogintz October 12, 2014July 7, 2021

    Luis Cruz had never traveled far from home. This summer he got the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica with a group that sponsors community service trips. This is his diary of the trip.

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  • What the kids say about 18th Century Williamsburg VA
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    What the kids say about 18th Century Williamsburg VA

    ByEileen Ogintz October 10, 2014July 9, 2021

    What’s it like to see 18th Century history unfold in the street of Colonial Williamsburg, VA? We asked some of the “junior interpreters” what they thought.

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  • 21st Century meets 18th in Colonial Williamsburg – huzzah!
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    21st Century meets 18th in Colonial Williamsburg – huzzah!

    ByEileen Ogintz October 9, 2014July 9, 2021

    21st Century meets 18th Century—that’s the idea of Colonial Williamsburg. The audience was enthralled by the street theater Revolutionary City where costumed interpreters play out different aspects of the politics surrounding the American Revolution.

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  • Take the Kids to San Diego in October — they’re free!
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    Take the Kids to San Diego in October — they’re free!

    ByEileen Ogintz October 9, 2014July 7, 2021

    There’s no better time to visit San Diego than October when kids are free all over town — from the zoo to harbor cruises, LEGOLAND California in nearby Carlsbad, nearly 40 museums, restaurants and activities from surf lessons to speedboat rides to golf and even fishing.

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  • Jamestown Settlement:  the place to start your Historic Triangle history tour
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    Jamestown Settlement: the place to start your Historic Triangle history tour

    ByEileen Ogintz October 8, 2014July 9, 2021

    Jamestown Settlement is the place to start a visit to the Historic Triangle—and to teach a lesson in tolerance in the process as you learn the trials and tribulations of the settlers and the Powahatans learning to coexist.

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  • History and fun for families in Virginia’s Historic Triangle
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    History and fun for families in Virginia’s Historic Triangle

    ByEileen Ogintz October 7, 2014July 15, 2021

    Williamsburg has plenty to offer families—from Busch Gardens, famous for its coasters and Water Country USA, to plenty of American history. This is the heart of the Historic Triangle, of course, home to Colonial Williamsburg

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