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 Allan on Ship at
Jamestown Settlement by deecat
Here, the story of the people who founded Jamestown and of the Virginia Indians that they encountered is told through living history, gallery exhibits, and film. They trace Jamestown's beginnings in England and the first century of the Virginia colony, describing the cultures of the Powhatan Indians, Europeans, and Africans who converged in the 1600s in Virginia.
The most fun for us was the outdoor activities where visitors can board replicas of the three ships that sailed from England to Virginia in 1607 (see Allan on one of the ships). You can also explore life-size re-creations of the colonists' fort & a Powhatan Village. We also toured a riverfront discovery area and learned about economic activities that are associated with water. What was fun was to see the costumed historical interpreters describe & demonstrate daily life in the early 17th century.
Several times daily there are guided tours of the museum's living-history areas.
This live museum is located adjacent to the entrance of the original site, HISTORIC JAMESTOWNE.
Yorktown Victory Center is a blend of timeline, film, and exhibits as well as outdoor living history concerning American colonies independence from Britain. We liked the re-created Continental Army encampment, the 1780s farm, tobacco barn, gardens, and house. There is also a Gift shop. Both of these live museums are great places to be immersed in American History. Leave a Comment Phone: (888)593-4682 or (757)253-4838
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 Door at Carter's Grove by deecat
Robert "King" Carter purchased this land, and his grandson, Carter Burwell, built a Georgian mansion here. Carter lived here for only six months before his death. His son Nathaniel Burwell then lived here and raised corn and wheat. The Burwell family remained here until 1838.
The most interesting part of visiting this plantation is to learn about the slaves who lived in cramped dwellings with bare domestic necessities. They formed their own unique community and blended their African and Virginian heritages, creating a new African-American culture.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McCrea purchased Carter's Grove in 1928, and they deeded it to Colonial Williamsburg in 1969.
Be sure to see the RECEPTION CENTER as you enter Carter's Grove. Watch the orientation film and see the exhibits such as the reconstructed slave quarter where you see the backbone of support for this busy plantation. Then, cross the grounds and see an orientation film in the stable area before visiting the MANSION. Take a self-guided tour (1/2 hour).
If you are interested in archaeological research, then go to underground Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum west of the mansion. Leave a Comment
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 Grace Church by bugalugs
As you drive down to Yorktown a lot of the roads you travel on are tree lined. We noticed this greyish stuff hanging from lots of the trees, we thought it was old spiders webs. Then thought to have made so many webs there would have to have been millions of spiders. Then reading a vt page by bdbrewer (Bob) he mentioned something called hanging moss and apparently this is what it is. I have never heard of it before or seen it. It is very unusual, but I am glad I found out exactly what it is. Thanks Bob.
Thomas Nelson House
Thomas Nelson was a prominent business man and also a signatory on the declaration for Independance.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco was a thriving business here at one time. See the dirt track that was used to ferry the tobacco which was in barrels down to the port.
The Sessions House
This house has been visited by 5 US Presidents.
The Customs House
Where the duty was paid for cargoes.
Cornwallis Cave
Where Lord Cornwallis hid from the americans and french.
Grace Church
A wonderful building, built in 1697 and still in use today. Leave a Comment
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 Robertson's Windmill by deecat
Closeby, barrel makers, sawyers, and farmers do authentic work. Thus, we visitors are able to see how a colonial barrel was made, how tobacco was packed, how a shingle was split, how wheat was ground, how a board was sawed, and how corn rows were tended.
William Robertson ran the windmill, but he was also appointed clerk of the colony's Council, and a city alderman. Robertson's windmill was a post mill which was a design from Europe in the Middle Ages. Its structure balanced on a large, single timber (post) to be turned into the wind by a man at the tailpole. When a breeze spun the windmill's blades, a shaft * gear turned a millstone to grind corn into meal or wheat into flour.
Colonial coopers made wooden containers for everything. The best were made of white oak.
You can also see shingles made from logs, and the production of tobacco can also be seen.
It's lots of fun to see these actual activities just as they were done in the 18th Century. Leave a Comment Other Contact: Located on North England Street
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 by Yaqui
I found these horses crazing ever so happily in a field and I was drawn to them, of course. You could tell they were being taken care of, because their coats just shined. Leave a Comment
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 by bugalugs
Skates and bikes can be hired at a few places along the boardwalk.
There is a fun fair, golf courses, sailing canoeing, and also lots of evening entertainment.
Lots of cafes, restaurants to suit all pockets.
To get there, take the I-64 south, crossing the James River/Chesapeake Bat at Hampton, across to Norfolk. Then east on 264 (Virginia Beach Expressway).
The picture is of me sitting on the balcony of the hotel in Virginia Beach Leave a Comment
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 by Yaqui
........when I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to me that I should be willing to spend years in trying.
~Lucy Larcom, A New England Girlhood, 1889~ Leave a Comment
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