Page 2 - Aron Hurst News Today

Since 1922, The Magazine ANTIQUES has been America’s premier publication on the fine and decorative arts, architecture, preservation, and interior design.

Deming: Why five tops three, but it wont be easy Dan Deming Reno County Commissioners are again looking at expanding to five rather than three members. Thats good news for those believing in better government, more ideas and improved representation. Getting that question passed by voters may take more time, however, than voting this November. Placing the proposition on the 2022 general election ballot, when far more voters go to the polls, is probably a better idea. It would give more opport...

Terry Meyers, retired English professor of College of William and Mary, discovered that the building once housed the Bray School, a school for Black children in the 1760s. WILLIAMSBURG – Beginning in 1760, two dozen or so enslaved and free Black children attended school each day in a small two-story cottage in Williamsburg, a location suggested by Benjamin Franklin. They learned the tenants of Christianity, reading, proper behavior and why they should accept enslavement. Thanks to a ret...

A discovery on campus:  William & Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation jointly announced in a Feb. 25 press release that the building at 524 Prince George St. contains the original structure of the Bray School, where free and enslaved Black children were educated from 1760 to 1765.  Illustration of front-page news story Photo - of - by staff |  March 8, 2021 Prince ...

While still open, Duke of Gloucester Street won't look as historic as usual.

Photo - of - by Joseph McClain |  February 25, 2021 A small white building that sits tucked away on the William & Mary campus once held an 18th-century school dedicated to the religious education of enslaved and free Black children, researchers have determined. Now, the university and its neighbor, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, are working together to ensure future generations learn about the history of the building and ...

>> good day, mrs. kooiman. >> good day ms. kooiman. >> my pleasure. >> welcome to colonial williamsburg. >> i cant wait to explore this revolutionary city. ♪ >> so we have made it to the musket range the most popular gun during the revolutionary war. when in williamsburg. >> you have to remember im a novice here so show me around. >> so you want to cock that back. pull that until you hear a click. more gunpowder. put that right in the pan there. pull the cock. remove the leather. take aim. [gu...