Williamsburg Untold Secrets History Tour

Come on to our untold secrets of Williamsburg history tour presented by Junket!
Experience Untold Secrets of Williamsburg to discover the true, dark, and unbelievable stories of the giants of American History who lived here. They helped found our country...but also walked the streets of Williamsburg as living, loving, fighting, and real human beings with personal stories, good and terrible, waiting to be uncovered.

While Colonial Williamsburg is a true museum of living history, many storytellers shy away from the details that made it real and avoid unpopular stories of the great, and terrible, men and women who lived, loved, laughed, killed, and died here. On this tour experience, instead of stepping carefully around those stories, expert tour guides will dive headfirst into unflinching accounts and gripping backstories of the famous and infamous figures who called Williamsburg home.

Meeting Point

Kimball Theatre

428 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Meet your tour guide outside Kimball Theater who will be wearing a white Junket t-shirt and holding a yellow flag. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour.

What's included:

• Thoroughly researched and accurate history
• Professional and courteous guide

Not included:

• Transportation

What to expect:

Duration: between 1 hour, 30 minutes and 2 hours

West Duke of Gloucester Street

W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Step into a time machine to the 18th century on this fully-restored colonial street. You'll walk the same worn path as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and countless other American icons.

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The Historic First Baptist Church-Nassau Street Archaeology Project

105 S Nassau St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Stop by the site where archaelogists currently dig to find previously unfound artifacts and evidence of the First Black Baptist Church of Williamsburg and the people who worshipped there. This site was and still is a revered location that gave hope and security to a generation of Christian slaves and free blacks.

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Bruton Parish Episcopal Church

201 W Duke of Gloucester St, (Next to Palace Green), Williamsburg, 23185-4201, Virginia

Visit the Church of the Founding Fathers. Founded in 1682 and constructed in 1715, Bruton Parish heard the prayers, fears, and hopes of five U.S. presidents.

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George Wythe House

Palace Green Street, Williamsburg, 23185, Virginia

Explore the scandal surrounding this founding father's death (or was it a murder?).

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Public Hospital Museum

325 W Francis St, , Williamsburg, 23185-4103, Virginia

This hospital was established to house "idiots, lunatics, and persons of insane mind." Often, conditions were not much better than those in jail, but some doctors did their best to improve circumstances for their patients. Following the Civil War, conditions again deteriorated, until the original building burned down.

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Colonial Williamsburg Courthouse

101 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Stand on the steps where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the first time, where criminals were led to the whipping post following their sentence, where townspeople gathered to make crucial decisions.

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Raleigh Tavern

W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

This tavern was originally built in 1717, and was a favorite among college students and politicians. It was here that Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and others established the Committees of Correspondence, a forerunner of communication between colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution.

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Secretary's Office

E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Currently the oldest archival building in the Western Hemisphere, the Secretary's Office safeguarded some of the nation's most important documents after a tragedy at the Capitol.

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Peyton Randolph House

100 W Nicholson St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

This historic home is marred by the tragic story of the Randolph family's slaves, Eve and George, who went to great lengths to escape.

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Governor's Palace

300 Palace Green St, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 23185, Virginia

Though the building you'll see is a reproduction built in 1934, it was constructed from original plans drawn up by Thomas Jefferson, who also once resided in the home while he served as governor of Virginia following the Revolutionary War.

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Market Square

Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

How do you save a bustling pedestrian market from being turned into a congested highway? Find out W.A.R. Goodwin's ingenious solution for saving Market Square.

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