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- Jen, Adam and Henry.
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- View inside the fort.
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- Building inside the fort.
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- Inside the fort.
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- Becca, Jen in armor and Becca.
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- Checking out the fort.
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- Becca and Becca.
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- Becca helping Becca try on armor.
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- Becca and Becca in armor.
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- Trying on armor.
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- Becca in armor.
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- Looking in the doorway.
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- Inside the fort.
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- Checking out a building in the fort.
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- Jen in front of building in fort.
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- Becca, Henry and Adam.
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- Becca, Adam and Henry.
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- Inside building in fort.
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- Becca looking out window of thatched building in fort.
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- Thatched roof.
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- Re-enactor in village (fort).
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- Colorful rooster.
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- Sisters Becca and Jen.
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- Ship.
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- Ships.
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- Ship.
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- Henry and Becca.
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- Henry and Becca.
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- On board ship.
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- Adam, Becca and Henry.
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- Jen and Becca on board.
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- Ship.
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- Henry and Becca.
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- Becca and Henry walking up the gangplank.
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- Becca, Henry and Adam on board ship.
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- Becca on ship.
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- Looking up at mast.
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- Henry.
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- Indian village.
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- Indian home.
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- Inside Indian hut.
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- Indian Village, Henry and Becca (grinding corn).
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- Henry and Becca grinding corn.
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- Indian Village
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- Indian Village
We visited Jamestown, Virginia and it was like stepping back in time. First we went to the visitors center, which we found very informative. The story of the people who founded Jamestown (and the story of the Virginia Indians encountered) is told through film and gallery exhibits in the visitors center.
In 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia’s James River. They were sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, whose stockholders hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. The community suffered terrible hardships in its early years, but managed to endure, earning the distinction of being America’s first permanent English colony.
And then a visit to the settlement brought history to life. Outdoors, one can board replicas of the three ships that sailed from England to Virginia in 1607, explore life-size re-creations of the colonists’ fort and a Powhatan village. In the outdoor areas, costumed historical interpreters describe and demonstrate daily life in the early 17th century.
Finally we stopped to eat at the Jamestown Settlement Cafe, which was surprisingly good.
