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Jamestown Settlement Part 2

Posted on October 6, 2023 | 7 comments

As you can see from the grandboys in the photo, the next stop at Jamestown Settlement, was to the replicas of the original settlers’ ships: the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.

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The ships traveled to Virginia using the favored southerly route across the Atlantic Ocean, taking advantage of trade winds and stopping at numerous islands to resupply.

Cramped, unsanitary conditions and unrelenting boredom created tension and conflict among the passengers.

After 6,000 miles at sea and the loss of only one passenger in the Caribbean Islands, the voyagers arrived off the coast of Virginia. On May 13, 1607, they decided upon Jamestown Island as the site for the new settlement.

In case you are wondering, as I was, the ships are painted as they might have been originally .

All three replicas are seaworthy.

I spied a couple of dugouts:

J amestown Settlement Part 1

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Jamestown Settlement Part 1

Posted on October 4, 2023 | 12 comments

While staying with the fam, we also visited the Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Historic Jamestown is established in the original James Fort and Jamestown Colony, the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America, founded on May 14, 1607. It was established by the Virginia Company of London.

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We began our journey through the Settlement at the Powhatan village.

The Powhatans have also been known as Virginia Algonquians. It is estimated that there were about 14,000–21,000 Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when English colonists established Jamestown in 1607.

There were several interpreters here who instructed us in the every day lives of the villagers.

This is a great place for the family since the children are encouraged to participate and touch!

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Colonial Williamsburg Part 3

Posted on September 30, 2023 | 2 comments

A wander on the streets of Colonial Williamsburg.

The Powder Magazine was built in 1716 by Governor Alexander Spotswood.

The octagonal shaped 2-story building served as a storage facility for military equipment sent to the colonies from across the pond.

Known locally as the Powder Horn, the Magazine was home for the Gunpowder Incident of 1775 which proved to be the impetus that sparked Virginia’s decision to rebel against the British Empire.

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James Anderson, Blacksmith and Public Armourer, conducted his business on this site between 1770 and 1798. During the Revolutionary War, the Armoury employed as many as forty workmen – blacksmiths, gunsmiths, tinsmiths, mailers, and gunstockers – maintaining arms and equipment for Virginia and Continental forces.

There is so, so much more to see than I can show you here. Shops of all sorts, taverns, interpreters, a great visitor’s center and more. If you ever get the opportunity, then I highly recommend that you visit Colonial Williamsburg.

I leave you with the Peyton Randolph house.