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Nation Builder George Washington water his horse outside the James Geddy House in the fall. Nation Builders

A wagon carries visitors down Duke of Gloucester Street towards the capitol on an fall afternoon.

The red carriage drives along Nicholson Street in the fall.

A carriage passes in front of the Governor's Palace as visitors walk around Palace Green.

A coachman drives the Royal Governor's Carriage along Duke of Gloucester Street in the fall.

Coachmen smile as they drive a coach on Duke of Gloucester Street.

Orange and red fall leaves hang from the trees in the Historic Area as a horse drawn carriage passes by on Nicholson Street.

Cleveland Bay foals Monty (l) and Valiant (r) greet each other in a Historic Area pasture last summer.

A coachman drives the Royal Governor's carriage past the Magazine on Duke of Gloucester Street on a summer day in the Historic Area.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Marquis de Lafayette on horseback talking to soldiers at the Magazine. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Marquis de Lafayette riding his horse across the green in front of the Governor's Palace. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.

Interpreters use a horse-drawn plow in a field in the Historic Area as a carriage passes in the street behind them.

Horses run across the pasture behind the Gaol on a snowy winter morning,

Horses graze in a pasture in the Historic Area at sunrise.

A horse drawn carriage exits a drive at the St. George Tucker House.

Interpreters cheer riders during a reenactment of horse racing during "Public Times" programming in the Historic Area.

An interpreter portrays a postman putting letters into his mail bag.

A team of horses pulls a wagon past the the Magazine. The Magazine is one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

A boy rolls a hoop alongside the Royal Governor's horse drawn carriage.

A production still from the electronic field trip “Oney Judge.” This scene, filmed at the Governor's Palace, depicts actors preparing carriages, carts and luggage for departure from Mt. Vernon for Philadelphia. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

The Robert Carter traveling coach filled with interpreters travels across Palace Green with the Governor's Palace in the background.

Historic Trades farmers plow a field at Great Hopes Plantation using a team of oxen while a coachman drives the Wythe chariot along the road behind them.

An interpreter on horseback is silhouetted against a sunset on the James River.

Aerial view of the Market House showing interpreters bringing goods for sale to the market. A horse drawn cart pulls up to the site to unload merchandise.

An interpreter drives his cart past the St. George Tucker House, one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.