interpretive

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As Bill Barker, who portrayed Jefferson for 26 years before Smith, put it, interpretive misfires aren’t failures so much as proof of concept—“reminders that Colonial Williamsburg,” like the nation itself, “is a work in progress.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Nothing, anywhere, is better than Harbour’s interpretive dance, side stage, at a pop concert.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Rather, she wrote, “the ordinary tools of statutory interpretation amply support today’s result,” without any resort to rules that put “a thumb on the interpretive scales.”

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

The signage removal comes after a March 2025 executive order called for the review of over 400 national sites to remove or modify interpretive materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

The core revolutionary principle according to this interpretive tradition is individual liberty.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis