Magnet #82 - Jamestown, VASo, May 14, 2007, was the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in what is now the U.S.
You'da thunk a year-long celebration would have given me ample time for me to get down to Virginia, but nope. I missed all of it - my sisters brought this one back for me. Jeepers, even the Queen made it down there to make her speeches.
I actually think I wasn't the only one who couldn't make it. Last year, just before the anniversary celebration proper, they still had tons of tickets leftover...which is a tiny bit sad. Methinks it was probably a hard sell. I'm not gonna go for the history lesson on this one, but, if you want to learn more, this education site has a few good videos to while away the time.
But, I'm not gonna lie. While I dimly remember learning about the settlement in school, most of what I know about Jamestown is really from Disney's Pocahontas.
1 comment:
jamestown was cool. even cooler was the yorktown visit. the ranger there was AWESOME. :)
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