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Colonial Williamsburg has welcomes their first lambs of the year. (WYDaily/Courtesy of Wayne Reynolds from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
WILLIAMSBURG Those who are struggling to get through daylight saving time can go to Colonial Williamsburg (CW) and count sheep instead.
The foundation has announced that it has welcomed its first lambs of the year.
Every spring, visitors descend upon CW to catch a glimpse of the latest newborn animals. Guests can watch the lambs frolicking in the pastures throughout the outdoor museum’s campus. As the weather starts to get warmer, a greater number of visitors flock to Williamsburg just to see the precious baby animals.
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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
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Prince George House is perhaps the most inconspicuous building on a picturesque campus, but for a week or so the structure tucked away near William & Mary’s Sorority Court basked in the glow of national media.
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.
That is the description Mary Ann Moxon, spokeswoman for Williamsburg League of Women Voters, gave of the school’s namesake, which opened in 1989. She went on to note that Baker was an inspirational woman who had many accomplishments during her lifetime.
Moxon has taken a special interest Baker, a former member of the league, and has conducted extensive research into her history.
Born June 22, 1886, Clara Byrd Baker, was an educator, suffragist, and civic leader in Williamsburg.
She received her education from the Hampton Institute (known today as Hampton University) and Virginia State College for Negroes (now known as Virginia State University near Petersburg), earning her bachelor’s degree in education in 1945.