The Virginia Burgesses Meet in the Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, VAbr/ Unable to meet officially in the Capitol, the burgesses of the Virginia General Assembly - as represented in the Paramount-Colonial Williamsburg film quot;Williamsburg - The Story of a Patriotquot; - defiantly confer instead in the Raleigh Tavern. In Williamsburg today, the Raleigh Tavern is one of the eight exhibition buildings open daily to the public.