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 ...

In one tent stood Randy McDaniel, the blacksmith from Pennsylvania, the owner of ExPRESSive Metals, the user of the hydraulic forging press. In another tent stood Ken Schwarz, the blacksmith from ...

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: ...