eNewsletter for Virginia                                    January 2006

Colonial Williamsburg — A World Class Attraction

Colonial Williamsburg is the world's largest living history museum, where you can immerse yourself 24 hours a day in the 1776 lifestyle. Stay in your own colonial house, take a room at a guest house or in a tavern for travelers. Enjoy carriage rides, authentic colonial meals, colonial shops — from the Apothecary to the Wigmaker's — and watch exciting reenactments of events leading up to the American Revolution.
~More information about Colonial Williamsburg
~Drive the Colonial Parkway to Jamestown and Yorktown, too!

Walk the Line — Drive the Road

Visit southwest Virginia, the Appalachian country that inspired the music of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Drive The Crooked Road — Virginia's Heritage Music Trail — connecting the Birthplace of Country Music, the Carter Family Fold and the Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Music Center with other traditional and bluegrass music sites along the way. Weekly music events, jam sessions and radio shows invite you to pick along, sing along and even do some flat-footin'.
~More information about Walk the Line — Drive the Road

Winter Getaways in Northern Virginia

Fairfax County is immediately adjacent to Washington, D.C. With more than 80 hotels and easy access to the Metro, you can enjoy historic sites, popular museums, fabulous shops, winter events and world-class performances. Winter Getaways include itineraries highlighting George Washington's Mount Vernon, Tysons Corner shopping, the National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center as well as performances at the Barns at Wolftrap.
~More information about Winter Getaways in Northern Virginia

Virginia Gets Ready for the Impact of The New World

The New World, an epic film written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring Colin Farrell as John Smith, opens Dec. 25 in a few selected theaters and Jan. 13 in other theaters. The film is a sweeping adventure set amidst the first encounter of European and Virginia Indian cultures during the founding of Jamestown settlement in 1607. The New World leads into the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown and America that will be commemorated in 2007, statewide!
~Go behind the scenes of The New World.

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