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Jamestown's 400-Year Legacy
The first permanent English colony in the new world gets star treatment this year, ranging from gala festivities to sober historical reassessment.
While disease, famine and continuing attacks took a toll on the population, there were times when the Powhatan Indian trade revived the colony with food.
While disease, famine and continuing attacks took a toll on the population, there were times when the Powhatan Indian trade revived the colony with food.
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Bush Commemorates 400th Anniversary of Jamestown
President Bush today commemorated the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown by hailing the early colonists' indomitable spirit in the face of near disaster and holding up the English colony as a milestone on the path to creating American democracy and spreading it around the world.
 

Visiting Jamestown

Credit: Greg Hadley

Virginia: Events, sites, interactive map and information for Jamestown's 400th birthday

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metro/photo Jamestown at 400
Commemorating the spring day in 1607 when passengers and crews of three tall-masted ships disembarked on the shores of Virginia's James River and helped transform the Tidewater region into the birthplace of a nation.

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Celebrating the Start of a NationCelebrating the Start of a Nation
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in the new world, marks its 400th anniversary this year. Activities are planned throughout the area, at the Jamestown Settlement, a new anniversary park and the site of the original Jamestowne Fort. Here?s a look at the lay of the land.

Jamestown Web Links

Jamestown Anniversary

400-Year Legacy
The first permanent English colony in the new world gets star treatment this year, ranging from gala festivities to sober historical reassessment.
  • Live Q & A, 2 p.m.: Author Benjamin Wooley separates fact from fiction about the founding of Jamestown.

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    Thunderous Salute to Legacy of Jamestown (Post, May 13, 2007, Page C01)
     
    A Royal Return to Jamestown: Elizabeth to Trace Steps of Her First U.S. Trip as Monarch (Post, April 30, 2007, Page B06)
     
    Out of Jamestown's Shadows: Va. Indians Emerge from Grim History To Stake Claim in Anniversary Fanfare (Post, April 29, 2007, Page C01)
     
    Revisiting the First Settlement (Post, April 27, 2007, Page WE28)
     
    Lottery Winners Will Get Jolly Good View of Queen: (Post, April 27, 2007, Page B01)
     
    : Queen Will Start Visit With Va. Speech (Post, April 25, 2007, Page B01)
     
    Jamestown Fights Its Second-Rate Image (Post, April 8, 2007, Page C01)
     
    In Class, Delving Deeper Into Jamestown: Poems, Skits, Songs Steeped in 1607 (Post, April 5, 2007, Page B01)
     
    History: High-Tech, Hands-On: Jamestown, County Anniversaries Galvanize Area Schools (Post, April 5, 2007, Page LZ05)
     
    Students Experience Jamestown: "I think they'll never forget John Smith or Pocahontas or the settlers coming over." -- THERESA CAGNO, teacher, Lake Anne Elementary School (Post, April 5, 2007, Page VA18)
     
    Arlington and Alexandria Extras: Celebrating Jamestown: 400 Years and Counting (Post, April 5, 2007, Page VA02)
     
    In a Big Year, Jamestown Grows as a Study Subject: Celebration, Yes, but Also Part of a 4th-Grade Exam (Post, April 5, 2007, Page PW01)
     
    Big Names, Big Bucks For Jamestown's Big 400 (Post, March 12, 2007, Page A01)
     
    Queen Confirms State Visit in May: Virginia, Kentucky Downs and White House on Agenda (Post, March 22, 2007, Page B03)
     
    American Schemers: New Books Tell Harrowing Tale Behind the Myth. (Post, March 11, 2007, Page BW08)
     
    Pocahontas's Trail: England Honors a Native American Princess (Post, March 1, 2007, Page C14)
     
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