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Personal Narrative: My Experience At Colonial Williamsburg

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Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum in a historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia. This is a great tourist attraction if you love 18th-century history. I myself have never been, but after reviewing the site, I can’t wait to take my family. There were several different elements that make up this community. Of course, you will learn about the major events, but the most intriguing thing to me was the everyday life experiences. You will enjoy the live entertainment. Everything is carefully done the way it was done in the 18th-century. It’s almost as if you are in a time capsule, watching history in the making. 18th-century clothing was exquisite and demanding to assemble, nothing like the designs of today. The dresses …show more content…

Of course, the styles and the sex of whom consume the wigs have changed. “The Wig Shop” at the Colonial Williamsburg suggests men wore wigs just as much as women. You don’t see men wearing wigs these days. Just like the present day, they wore different wigs for every occasion. The white wigs were for formal events. The darker wigs were for daytime attire and the gray wigs were for professionals. The hair was made out of similar material we use today, with the exception of goat and horse hair. However, yak and human hair are a billion dollar industry today. I found it astonishing that peasant girls from Northern Europe and Asia would grow their hair from the time of birth to sell their hair to make …show more content…

There are many stories in the news about mass shootings and the mindset of people who carry out these heinous crimes. One would think they would certainly have to be insane to act out such a crime. Whether you agree or disagree is a continuing debate. We all have different views on how to treat people with mental issues. Do we throw them in jail or a treat them in a hospital? Apparently, this has been a problem for centuries. The Public Hospital of 1773 is an exhibit at the Colonial Williamsburg of a mental hospital that was used in the 18th century that had 24 cells. In the 18th-century, they were not sure how to treat them. They believed it was more of a physical issue that could be cured and treated by restraints, drugs or even the process of bleeding. Eventually, they realized they couldn’t cure the patients and they became permanent

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