To add to Jurretta's on-target post, the 18th-century planter elites who became the leading aristocratic revolutionaries in the South cannot be fully appreciated apart from their rural "seats." Colonial Williamsburg can't represent and interpret that without Carter's Grove. And we must also remember that the 18th century evolved from the formative 17th-century, which was represented at the Carter's Grove site by the Wolstenholme Towne/Martin's Hundred excavations and wonderful archaeological museum that Ivor Noel Hume spent so many productive years developing. One more thing, if I may be repetitious and a bit self-serving: Martin's Hundred was the site of highest mortality in the Powhatan Uprising/ "Barbarous Massacre" of 22 March 1622--the first largescale terrorist attack against an English-speaking population in American History-- which, apparently, will have no role to play in the Jamestown Quadri- centennial. How short-sighted, when a bit of creative marketing could have generated increased visitaton to that site in 2007. Too bad that Colonial Williamsburg, despite its healthy endowment, has sacrificed its broader educational mission for financial concerns. It's a vicious circle, with kids being turned off to classroom history and having decreased opportunities to experience the alternative--the excitement of historic sites. The future of the past is increasingly dismal at present. Fred Fausz St. Louis To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html