When did Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Williamsburg?

Answer 1

HRM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) visited Williamsburg, Virginia, in 2007 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the colonial English settlement at Jamestown, which is very near Williamsburg.

The Jamestown Settlement was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Roanoke was settled previously, but that colony was abandoned when all the colonists famously went missing. Settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London, it created the first English foothold in the Americas and was a famous proving grounds for English-American colonialism.

Williamsburg became important during the pre-American Revolutionary period as a center for commerce, politics, and culture. It became the capital of Virginia in 1699 and remained such until 1780, when the capital relocated to Richmond for safety concerns following the outbreak of the Revolution. As the important cultural center for colonial Virginia, it is a highly notable city, and is much more developed than either Jamestown or Yorktown, the two neighboring historic sites.