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🌱 Colonial Williamsburg celebrates 100 years with free admission Saturday

Williamsburg, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Colonial Williamsburg celebrates 100 years with free admission Saturday
  • Christmas Town returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg this week
  • Christmas Town brings a new holiday concert to Busch Gardens

Also on today's calendar: Mindful Pathways with Susan Brockington and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 66 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 69, low: 41.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 68 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Free admission to Colonial Williamsburg for 100th Anniversary Celebration (wavy.com) — Colonial Williamsburg will offer free admission to its historic area Nov. 14 for its centennial celebration, with an 11 a.m. procession down Duke of Gloucester Street and a Courthouse ceremony. Visitors should also plan around a Nov. 15 closure for an anniversary celebration with employees, volunteers, retirees and their families.
   

2. Rope Drop: Top parks open their Christmas holiday events (themeparkinsider.com) — Christmas Town at Busch Gardens Williamsburg opens Nov. 13 and runs through Jan. 3, 2027, according to a national theme-park holiday roundup. The park joins several major destinations launching seasonal celebrations that week, with Disney resorts and other SeaWorld parks also beginning their holiday schedules.
   

3. Busch Gardens Christmas Town returns with 10 million lights and new holiday show (wydaily.com) — Christmas Town returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Nov. 13, bringing more than 10 million lights and a new concert, “The Queens of Christmas.” Running on select dates through Jan. 3, 2027, the event also brings back Santa’s Workshop, the Christmas Town Express and holiday stage shows.
   

4. William & Mary overwhelms Norfolk State in Hampton Roads basketball clash (13newsnow.com) — William & Mary beat Norfolk State 104-73 at Kaplan Arena on Sunday, scoring its most points against a Division I opponent since February 2018. Stas Sivka led the unbeaten Tribe with 17 points off the bench as William & Mary sank 15 3-pointers to improve to 2-0.
   

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  • Some time after we rescued the Barred Owl branchlet, this branchlet got stuck behind our sunroom.
    We called wildlife rescue but they were about three hours out. My wife scooped him up in a towel like the rehab person did the first branchlet, and… (Nextdoor Kingsmill)
  • Long before there was a York River State Park, or even a York River, 6 million plus years ago, marine creatures swam here in a shallow sea.
    Early whales, porpoises, sharks, clams, scallops, and snails all left traces of their existence which we now find as fossils. Join us in discovering… (Nextdoor Woodland Farms)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What kind of shoes do frogs wear?" — Open toad (Thank you Kevin M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Williamsburg

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Williamsburg

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.