WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 30 -- William and Mary issued the following news release:
In the hit musical "Hamilton," America's founders are transformed from marble statues into college students with a passion for radical change. On the eve of the American Revolution, those scenes unfold around places like Princeton and Columbia. But in Williamsburg, another institution was integral to shaping America's future revolutionaries: William & Mary.
When the 13 colonies declared independence, 250 years ago this summer, there were only nine colleges and universities in America, including William & Mary, the alma mater of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and numerous other leaders who helped shape the new nation.
As Jefferson's Declaration of Independen...