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5th Grade Field Trip to Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg, VA
The 5th grade students and teachers visited Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg, VA on March 22nd and 23rd, 2007. 
 
The 5th grade students gather on the grounds of Colonial Williamsburg.
 
In Colonial Williamsburg, students visited a gunsmith, milliner shop, blacksmiths, a wigmaker, and other merchants.
 
Outside the old Virginia Capitol Building in Williamsburg.
 
Students watched blacksmiths practice their trade.
 
The tour guide explains what life in jail may have been like in colonial times.
 
Dillon and Chandler try out the stocks.
 
Joey and Terrell take their turns in the stocks.
 
Dillon and Sam find out how uncomfortable the leg stocks can be!
 
The magazine where weapons were stored. This is also where the students experienced life as an 18th century soldier during the "In Defense of Our Liberty" evening performance.
 
After the tour, the students had a chance to have lunch and shop in Williamsburg.
 
Some of the 5th graders gather on the dock in Jamestown.
 
Boarding the replica of the "Godspeed" in Jamestown.
 
How many 5th graders can fit in a Powhatan canoe?
 
Learning about the Powhatan Indians and how they lived.
 
A Jamestown glassblower demonstrates how to make a glass vase.
 

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