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	Chronology of Jamestown Celebrations
		Jamestown claimed the life of another victim when a young man succumbed to heat stroke and "too free use of ice in cider." Visitors attended his funeral on the 14th.
		At Jamestown, special dedicatory ceremonies were held marking the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America's donation of the newly finished Jamestown Memorial Church to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
		The highlight for many of the nearly 25,000 at the Festival Park on October 16 was the visit and speech of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Jthanout/JTCele.html (1182 words)

	Jamestown (Virginia) - MSN Encarta
		Jamestown was founded on May 14, 1607, by a small group led by Captain Christopher Newport, who was hired by the London Company to transport colonists.
		The National Park Service and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (which owns 9 hectares/23 acres of the island), have excavated and restored the area.
		Jamestown Festival Park, adjacent to the national park, has full-scale replicas of early ships and a re-creation of James Fort (1607).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559938/Jamestown.html (273 words)

	Jamestown - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nearby are Allegany State Park and the Chautauqua Institution, a cultural and recreational center on the lake.
		Today, most of Jamestown Island is owned by the U.S. government and is included in Colonial National Historical Park (see National Parks and Monuments, table); a small portion comprises the Jamestown National Historic Site, which is owned by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
		A tercentenary celebration was held in 1907, and in 1957 the Jamestown Festival Park was built to commemorate the 350th anniversary.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-jamestow.html (608 words)

	Jamestown Festival Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jamestown Festival Park was established at Jamestown, Virginia in 1957 to mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Settlement.
		The highlight for many of the nearly 25,000 at the Festival Park on October 16, 1957 was the visit and speech of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort, Prince Philip.
		Now known as "Jamestown Settlement", the former Jamestown Festival Park is gearing up for Jamestown 2007, an upcoming celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the colonists at Jamestown (and the Park's 50th).
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Jamestown_Festival_Park (369 words)

	Encyclopedia
		In the same year, at Jamestown, the first fl slaves were introduced into the original 13 colonies.
		The National Park Service and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (which owns 9 ha/23 acres of the island) have excavated and restored the area; remnants of James Fort were uncovered in 1996.
		Jamestown Festival Park, adjacent to the national park, has full-scale replicas of early ships and a re-creation of James Fort.
	history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ja007800.a#FWNE.fw..j... (370 words)

	This week in Island history Compiled by Sue Maden Week of July 7
		Fordyce-Wright is forming Jamestown duplicate contract bridge clubs, the first meeting to be held at the Gardner Inn next Tuesday, and the clubs to continue each Tuesday evening for the remainder of the summer.
		Jamestowners experienced a big relief in traffic problems after the state Department of Transportation opened the new interchange at Routes 138 and 1A on the North Kingstown side of the bridge last Friday.
		Jamestown Village, a limited-income apartment complex with 20 units on Pemberton Avenue whose motto is "Fine Senior Living," was opened for occupancy Monday.
	www.jamestownpress.com /news/2006/0707/History (852 words)

	Fentress County Chamber of Commerce
		Before Jamestown, there were springs bubbling from the ground at a crossroads of Indian Trails- Sand Spring, it was called.
		In 1828 five families lived in Jamestown and four of the names have been handed down to the present.
		Fentress County is known as the Trail Riding Capitol of the Southeast to the equestrian community with hundreds of acres of trails, overlooks, unique geological formations, and waterfalls.
	www.jamestowntn.org /QualityCommunities.htm (955 words)

	Jamestown 1607
		William M. Kelso, director of archaeology for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Jamestown Rediscovery project, is one of America’s foremost archaeologists in Early American history.
		Jamestown was THAT developed even before the latter years when they built the main, huge capital building.
		Jamestown was basically pre-slavery – there was some degree of it but mostly it was indentured servants here throughout most of the 17th century.
	www.jamestown1607.org /printerfriendly.asp?page=kelso (2493 words)

	Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jamestown Island) was not founded in 1607 on the James River in what is currently James City County, Virginia, about 40 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean and the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay and about 45 miles (70 kilometers) downstream and southeast of Richmond, Virginia.
		Jamestown is often referred to as an island.
		Jamestown quadricentennial commemorated on the Virginia State Quarter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia (5799 words)

	Willoughby Village
		The new Godspeed was contructed on site at Jamestown Festival Park and outfitted at Newport New Shipbuilding by present and retired employees who generously volunteered thier time and skills.
		She was launched at Jamestown Festival Park on May 12th 1984, after being christened by Miss Lucinda D Robb, daughter of the Sponsor, Mrs Lynda J Robb.
		Thereafter, she was towed to Jamestown Festival Park by volunteers, arriving October 23rd 1985.
	www.johnsplace.f9.co.uk /wpg/churches/w-village-04.html (773 words)

	Rhode Island Int Film Fest - FilmFestivals.com
		Festival Directors George T. Marshall and Elisabeth Galligan have planned an expanded schedule of events and programs in cooperation with other film, tourism and community organizations under the RIIFF programming umbrella.
		The Brooks Pharmacy Providence/Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) is dedicated to the creation of opportunities for artistic interaction and exchange among independent filmmakers, directors, producers, distributors, backers, and the film-going community.
		Now in its fourth year, the Festival is produced by the Flickers Arts Collaborative, an organization with 17 years of experience presenting major artistic events as well as independent and foreign films to the public.
	www.filmfestivals.com /rhode_island (579 words)

	James City County: Oldest in Our Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As Jamestown never had recovered from Bacon's Rebellion, Governor Francis Nicholson and the General Assembly decided to move the seat of government to Middle Plantation halfway across the peninsula.
		The year 1957 was the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the Jamestown Settlers in 1607, and it marked a dramatic increase in travel to the area.
		Enjoy touring the foundations of old "James Cittie," the ruins of the ancient church tower, the Robert Hunt Shrine, the Memorial Cross, the foundations of one of the colony's early statehouses, and the ongoing archaeological excavations.
	www.james-city.va.us /visitors/history.html (2004 words)

	World Travelling
		In the late 19th century, the Norfolk and Western Railway established the community as a major coal export port and built a large transloading facility at Lambert's Point.
		Jamestown was the original capital of Virginia Colony, and remained as such until its burning in during the events of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.
		After that fire, upon suggestion of students of the College of William and Mary, the colonial capital was permanently moved to nearby Middle Plantation again, and the town was renamed Williamsburg.
	world.travellerspoint.com /9 (3699 words)

	WowEssays.com - Where America Began
		The site of Jamestown in which the settlers decided to built their colony was a inadequate choice.
		The area was swampy, saturated with mosquitoes, and the drinking water was impure, Jamestown was a unhealthy and dangerous place to live in.
		Jamestown was burn to the ground in 1676 due to the Bacon’s Rebellion, causing Virginia to transferred their capital to Williamsburg by1699.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/ad1/eac286.shtml (437 words)

	Festivals and Events: Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism - Virginia
		Updated October 8 at 2:30 p.m.: The Newport News Fall Festival of Folklife is cancelled for Sunday, October 8 due to wind damage and flooding of the festival area.
		This is the first time in the festival's thirty-three year history that the festival has been cancelled.
		The deadline for craft and merchandise vendors for the Newport News Fall Festival of Folklife is April 1st of each year (the festival is always the first full weekend in October).
	www.nnparks.com /festivals.php (880 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Jamestown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Jamestown Island is easily reached over the Colonial Parkway from Williamsburg only 10 miles away.
		However, during the 350th Jamestown Anniversary Festival season in 1957 this charge is a part of, and included in, a $1 per person admission including all of Jamestown and nearby Festival Park with its reconstructed "James Fort," ship replicas, and other features.
		Jamestown Island (except Jamestown National Historic Site administered and maintained by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) is part of Colonial National Historical Park.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/2/hh2g.htm (351 words)

	Facts About Jamestown Settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Jamestown colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, whose stockholders hoped to make a profit on the venture.
		Jamestown served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government moved to Williamsburg.
		The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is participating with with representatives of APVA Preservation Virginia, the National Park Service, the Virginia Governor’s Office and others on the Jamestown 2007 Steering Committee to plan a commemoration of statewide, national and international significance.
	www.historyisfun.org /jamestown/james_facts.cfm (462 words)

	AMERICA’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
		The Landing Party Festival and Godspeed tours are free and open to the public.
		We encourage you to park in a public parking garage and to obey all parking signs.
		Exhibits looking at various aspects of the Jamestown commemoration will be shown through the latter part of 2006 and all of 2007 at The Lyceum: Alexandria’s History Museum, 201 S. Washington St. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
	www.funside.com /jamestown.asp (856 words)

	Colonial Williamsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On May 13, 1607, at a small low-lying wooded peninsula, virtually an island, the Jamestown Settlement was established on the south side of what is now known as the Virginia Peninsula.
		In 1676, after the State House at Jamestown was burned during Bacon's Rebellion, the House of Burgesses met at Middle Plantation, which was nearby.
		The National Park Service's Colonial Parkway joins the three popular attractions of Colonial Virginia with a scenic and bucolic roadway carefully shielded from views of commercial development.
	colonial-williamsburg.iqnaut.net (1301 words)

	MCI Journeys :: America's 400th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A grave discovered in 2002 outside the Jamestown fort is thought to be his, which led to tests in 2005 comparing the DNA of remains from the Jamestown grave to the DNA of bones from an English grave, believed to be those of Gosnold’s sister.
		As part of this Signature Event, Jamestown 2007 and its partners and sponsors are hosting a special evening on October 19, which includes a special symphonic arrangement and stage performance honoring the continued commitment of the men and women of the armed forces who maintain American liberty.
		According to the National Park Service, in 1957, the Jamestown Festival 350th Celebration united the National Park Service, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Colonial Williamsburg Corporation for a special preservation effort.
	musiccelebrations.blogsome.com /category/americas-400th (2904 words)

	Questions and Answers
		There are aspects of both approaches in the Park at present, and this tends to create some confusion in the minds of visitors as to how to behave and what they should expect to receive from their visit.
		Second, the Park should be a memorial not only to those who fought during the four Years of warfare, but also to the culture to which these men belonged.
		The basic objective of the Park should be an educational one, in the broadest sense of the term.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~UG97/stone/con2.html (850 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Jamestown Island) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first years at Jamestown were difficult for the settlers, who struggled constantly against sickness, starvation, and hostile Indians, and nine-tenths of them died.
		Except for the association tract—now reduced to 20 acres because of donations to the park—the remainder of Jamestown Island is in Federal ownership.
		In nearby Festival Park, the Commonwealth of Virginia maintains exhibits relating to the history of Jamestown.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitea31.htm (349 words)

	Colonial Williamsburg: Part 5
		We made it back to the parking area without incident but by then the rain was blowing horizontally across the lot and from the looks of it taking half of the foliage that remained on the October trees with it.
		Jamestown Settlement is a very slick, modern blending of historical museum, outdoor exhibits, careful recreations and theme park.
		Finally, The Jamestown Gallery is a depection of the world the two colliding cultures found themselves in after the three ships landed on a small river island and discharged their living cargo of settlers in a "wilderness" painstakingly created by the native population.
	www.armoryhill.com /williamsburg05.html (2270 words)

	FCPA Trips and Tours- What do we offer? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the Washington D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, the Baltimore Harbor Balloon Festival to the Apple Festival at Graves Mountain Lodge, the choice of festivals is nearly endless.
		The experience of attending one of these fabulous festivals is magnified by not having to worry about being exhausted going home or having to negotiate traffic.
		Take a festival tour with the Fairfax County Park Authority and enjoy not only the vendors, the food and the entertainment but also enjoy the motorcoach ride to and from the event.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /parks/rec/classes/trips/festivals.htm (265 words)

	614network.com
		Regent Park is the largest housing project in Canada and one of the country’s toughest neighbourhoods.
		Situated in Toronto’s inner-city core, at the heart of the most densely populated sector in the country, “The Park” is home to over 15,000 people with over 100 nationalities represented.
		Regent Park is a complex mix of languages, cultures, displacement and generational poverty.
	614network.com /regentpark/index.html (527 words)

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		The 350th anniversary of Jamestown in 1957 attracted over one million visitors, guests and dignitaries.
		The commemoration left many lasting legacies throughout Virginia, including the construction of Jamestown Festival Park, today known as Jamestown Settlement, and completion of the Colonial Parkway linking Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown.
		Educational programs and special events were staged throughout Virginia, sponsored by a variety of organizations such as historical societies, schools, universities, churches and civic groups.
	www.jamestown2007.org /past-1957.cfm (150 words)

	Facts About Jamestown Settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A museum of 17th-century colonial Virginia, Jamestown Settlement chronicles the history of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony, from its beginnings in the Old World through the first century of its existence and explores the Powhatan Indian, European and African cultures that converged in 17th-century Virginia.
		Planning is under way to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 1607 founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony.
		The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is participating with with representatives of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the National Park Service, the Virginia Governor’s Office and others on the Jamestown 2007 Steering Committee to plan a commemoration of statewide, national and international significance.
	www.historyisfun.org /jamestown/jsfacts.cfm (511 words)

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