Come to Colonial Williamsburg! Or Should You?

By: Hannah Deem, Keana Roets, and Max Mortson

This week, our group is writing about an ad we talked about in class. This ad was in three parts, all advertising Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia. The first part shows a woman tending her garden while fantasizing about what her life would be like if she lived in the 18th century. The next part shows a woman sitting on a couch while thinking about what it would be like to fall in love in that time period. The last part shows a man sitting at a table eating and thinking about what his life as a slave would be like in the 18th century.

All of these ads are in a template format. They have cool color schemes to catch your attention, and the same phrase “The colonial me…” along with interesting personal stories to draw you in. The ads try to make you feel as if you would be incomplete if you never went to Williamsburg.