Jamestown Settlement Williamsburg

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, PO Box 1607 Williamsburg , Virginia, United States - Phone: 757-253-4838; 888-593-4682

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    Slaves, Natives, and Villagers in Virginia

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    On the final day of sight-seeing (day seven), visit the Jamestown Settlement, where you will learn about the types of crops grown around Jamestown, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Tribe, and the African slave trade in the 17th-century.

    When you arrive at the settlement, admire or even help water and weed the gardens where grain, corn, beans …

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    Williamsburg

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    ... backpack and get OUT OF HERE!' We did just that and escaped the park fairly unscathed. The next day we went to the Jamestown Settlement. It was really pretty neat. There was a Powhatan Indian village, the English settlement, and replicas of the 3 ships ...

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    The Towns of James and York

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    My first stop today was the Jamestown Settlement near Williamsburg, VA.  I later learned that there are actually two sites for Jamestown.  One is a re-creation and museum that is operated by the Department of Education, and the other is the ...

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    A Walk through Virginia's Historic Triangle

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    ... combined with a visit to Yorktown, which will require another half day.  Near to the historic site is the recreated Jamestown Settlement which we did not visit. Yorktown Yorktown was the site of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, ...

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    Jamestown Settlement

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    ... bonus we finally got to eat Virginia ham in Virginia. Since we didn't have an address (the Jamestown Settlement is actually in Williamsburg) we went to the Colonial Williamsburg visitor center since we remembered being there that they provide shuttles ...

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    Off to Jamestown

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    Jamestown was the first English settlement in what is now the United States of America. In December of 1606 3 ships left London for the New World, the Susan Constant (116 feet long), Discovery (38 feet long) and Godspeed (68 feet long). There were 104 ...

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    Completing the Historic Triangle

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    ... does not allow dogs anywhere, even outside. Three hours is required to absorb the entire museum so we decide to head to the Jamestown Settlement which is operated by the National Park Service. The NPS runs a gem of a park. This is archeologist heaven. ...

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    On to Williamsburg

    Saturday we covered the 500 miles to Williamsburg on I-81 and I-64. On Sunday we did a little exploring and went to Jamestown Settlement. We had tickets for the Settlement that allowed us to go back on Monday morning. ...

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    I saw three ships...

    ... early enough for it), we spent the day in Jamestown.  I originally had expected to breeze through the recreation at Jamestown Settlement since we had been there once before and were just at Plymouth Plantation last year. We were wrong. First off, ...

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    Williamsburg

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    ... perfect location for seeing the Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown.  Sunday we headed out to see the Jamestown settlement.  We figured we should start with the first arrivals in 1607.  Jamestown was the first ...