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‘Pebble’ buried beneath the layers of earth and time
- William Kelso started with a hunch and a shovel, and ended with the discovery of the birthplace of America.
- William Kelso started with a hunch and a shovel, and ended with the discovery of the birthplace of America.
Modern crew sets sail to copy John Smith’s Bay explorations
- A dozen young adventurers hopped a 17th-century workboat this weekend to retrace Captain John Smith’s 1608 exploration of the Chesapeake Bay.
- A dozen young adventurers hopped a 17th-century workboat this weekend to retrace Captain John Smith’s 1608 exploration of the Chesapeake Bay.
Minority groups protest Jamestown festivities
- African-American and American Indian demonstrators protested the 400-year commemoration of Jamestown, saying the celebration whitewashes the brutality of a large Virginia slaveport and the genocide of millions of Native Americans.
- African-American and American Indian demonstrators protested the 400-year commemoration of Jamestown, saying the celebration whitewashes the brutality of a large Virginia slaveport and the genocide of millions of Native Americans.
Three-day Jamestown celebration comes to a close
- The huge 400th anniversary party this weekend commemorating the founding of Great Britain’s first permanent settlement in North America would have happened elsewhere if a group of would-be colonists had not been captured as they sailed through the Caribbean on their way to the New World.
- The huge 400th anniversary party this weekend commemorating the founding of Great Britain’s first permanent settlement in North America would have happened elsewhere if a group of would-be colonists had not been captured as they sailed through the Caribbean on their way to the New World.
President Bush leads the band in tribute to historic anniversary
- President Bush called Jamestown “the story of hardship overcome by resolve” in a speech Sunday honoring the 400th anniversary of England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
- President Bush called Jamestown “the story of hardship overcome by resolve” in a speech Sunday honoring the 400th anniversary of England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
Re-enactors re-create life in Jamestown
- There were no Native Americans at the Powhatan Village on the first day at the 400th Anniversary of America. The one real Indian, a young bear-sized Mattaponi with a Mohawk haircut, was out to lunch in midday Friday. About a dozen white men and women were posing as Indians, dressed in long leather outfits and re-creating life as it would have been in 1607 when three ships carrying English settlers landed on the shores of what is now the James River.
- There were no Native Americans at the Powhatan Village on the first day at the 400th Anniversary of America. The one real Indian, a young bear-sized Mattaponi with a Mohawk haircut, was out to lunch in midday Friday. About a dozen white men and women were posing as Indians, dressed in long leather outfits and re-creating life as it would have been in 1607 when three ships carrying English settlers landed on the shores of what is now the James River.
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