Posted on 07/30/2019 12:44:22 PM PDT by Monrose72
President Donald Trump headed to historic Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30 to commemorate and deliver remarks at the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the Americas. Trump took to the podium and said it was a tremendous honor to be the first president to address the joint session of the oldest lawmaking body in the Western Hemisphere—the Virginia General Assembly. The event celebrated the birth of American democracy. In the audience at the head table sat state Assembly Speaker Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Senate Majority Leader Thomas Norment (R-James City County), and Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, a Democrat.
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Maybe they looked at them like we look at the invaders at our southern borders - bringing disease and pestilence and wanting to change everything about our lives.
Glad we ended up here but can see how some might have been a bit "leery" of accommodating these new 'visitors'...
The first colonist from England with my surname and ancestry was killed in that massacre in Olde Jamestown, as was his wife.
The Chief who led the Powhatan attack was the Uncle of Pocahontas. (Can’t recall how to spell his name right now)
A survivor of the massacre was found and was a 1 y/o boy who lived to continue my paternal genetic ancestral line.
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