Early Scenes (page 2)

There are other scenes. The typical school room with the teacher we'd describe as harsh, enforcing order with the 'gad,' always within reach on his desk.

There's the actor performing on stage and a New England kitchen with its spinning wheel and ever present rifle and powder horn.

A colonial wedding and our forebears dancing the Virginia Reel give us a glimpse of what life was like for those who were to shape our future and a destiny that lay beyond.

Theatre Scene 1794. Washington Enjoyed The Theatre, Inviting Friends To Seats In His Box.	A Colonial School Room. The Books Were Few And Poor, the Benches Hard And The Rooms Badly Heated.	New England Kitchen. Note The Spinning Wheel, Hand-Made Floor And The Pot Over The Fire.
Mount Vernon in 1805, Six Years After Washington's Death.	A Colonial Wedding. The Couple Dance As Friends & Neighbors Look On.	The Virginia Reel. This Popular Dance Featured the Music of 2 Violins & A French Horn.

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