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  • NEW! Discovering Nature and Wildlife in the Williamsburg Area
  • Dates: 2/3/2026 - 2/3/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Jim Easton
    Fee: $0.00


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  • The Revolutionary Story of WILLIAMSBURG – The Story of a Patriot
  • Dates: 2/3/2026 - 2/17/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Colonial Williamsburg
    Room: Visitors Center
    Instructor(s): Richard McCluney
    Fee: $0.00

    IMPORTANT! Week 2 class meets at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitors’ Center; Weeks 1 and 3 are at Little Theatre in the Campus Center (on W&M campus)


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  • Be Your Own Williamsburg Tour Guide
  • Dates: 2/4/2026 - 3/18/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 6
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Rebecca Ritter Kelly
    Fee: $0.00


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  • It Happened Here: Four Episodes in Williamsburg's History
  • Dates: 2/5/2026 - 2/26/2026
    Times: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Will Molineux
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The Williamsburg Bray School in 2026
  • Dates: 2/17/2026 - 2/24/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Maureen Elgersman Lee, Elizabeth Drembus
    Fee: $0.00


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  • The Battle of Hampton Roads: USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia
  • Dates: 3/26/2026 - 4/2/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 2
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Michael Collier
    Fee: $0.00

    The Battle of Hampton Roads, 8-9 March 1862, was instrumental in both the Civil War and future of naval warfare. It was the first battle in history between ironclads: the Union’s USS Monitor and the Confederacy’s CSS Virginia (not the Merrimack).

    Week 1 is a 2-hour classroom lecture on the path that led to war, construction of the two ships, the battle, and its aftermath. Week 2 is a 2-hour guided tour of the USS Monitor Center at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News.

    Suggested reading: Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War (Kent State University Press, 2018) by Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White; The Monitor Boys, The Crew of the Union’s First Ironclad (History Press, 2011) by John V. Quarstein


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  • NEW! Foundations of Excellence: A Walking Tour of Hampton University
  • Dates: 4/21/2026 - 4/21/2026
    Times: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building:
    Room:
    Instructor(s): Alisha Beverley
    Fee: $0.00


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  • Colonial Parkway: Road to History
  • Dates: 4/28/2026 - 4/28/2026
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Frances Clark
    Fee: $0.00


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