We started out our day by having breakfast with Paul and Theo at the Five Forks(great name)...on to a tour of Theo's school and then went to where Paul is Prof. Manna at William and Mary. We walked over to Colonial Willamsburg and visited many facinating buildings, heard many historical stories of life in Williamsburg . At the end of the day we watched a drama in the streets about the end of the war in 1781. We ate dinner with the Mannas at Shields Tavern on DOG street(Duke of Gloucester street). Great meal. Theo marched with the fife and drum band and we all sang yankee doodle dandy with TheoWe learned lots of history . The British failed to provide themselves with an escape route from the peninsula where Williamsburg is located . A French naval blockade prevented the British from escaping this allowed George Washingtons army of 20,000 to overwhelm the British army of 7,000 troops. End of war!
Lesson for the day: Always have an escape route
K&M
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