James Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop in Colonial Williamsburg is a world of activity. With forges fired up, hammers hit away at metal, hand-held files grind down fine detail work and sunlight seeps ...

Blacksmith Anthony Tratnyek uses bellows to stoke a fire in the hearth Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in the re-creation of the 1750 blacksmith shop in the Colonial Industrial Quarter in Bethlehem. The ...

Hammer away at a piece of iron until your arm feels like lead. Grasp a length of red-hot metal that could be fresh from Mount Etna. Stand at a fiery forge and shed sweat by the gallon. Who wouldn’t ...

After a $4.5 million donation from the former CEO of the candy and pet food company Mars Inc., Colonial Williamsburg is planning to construct a replica of the blacksmith shop and armory that was used ...

Starting today, Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park will open a new working blacksmith exhibit. The exhibit, located on the south side of the Menendez Settlement field, will offer ...

The fifth-grade GATE classes at Circle View Elementary School hosted a Colonial Fair on Feb. 13 in which students created store fronts that would have been common during the colonial times: ...