Posted on 05/01/2007 3:28:31 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
But swamplike is great - we live with it daily on the Eastern Shore :)
All kidding aside, our, almost, 9yo daughter is really excited that we are planning on visiting Jamestown this summer, nearly as excited as she is about daddy taking her camping in the Blue Ridge......mommy's planning on staying in Jamestown or here on the Shore (mommy doesn't do camping)
wasnt yesterday the anniversary of washington taking the oath of office? i know it was something significant.
Not really. Bet they're just being PC.
“...(mommy doesn’t do camping)”
mommy is smart !!!!!
You are so right about that! FRmail your way...
"So Help Me God"
LOL!!! My husband claims my idea of camping is a hotel without room service.
We’re looking forward to doing a bit of exploring of Virginia this summer, other than a couple of trips to VaBeach/Hampton Roads, in the 4 years we’ve lived here I haven’t ventured off the Shore.......I know, I’m baaaaaaaaad!
That amazes me too. You hear people say “my ancestor came over on the Mayflower” but you never hear, my ancestors came over on the Susan Constant..... etc.
Another-Virginian-checking-in bump.
Peregrine White
And Virginia Dare
Were the first real Americans
Anywhere.
Others might find it
Strange to come
Over the ocean
To make a home.
England and memory
Left behind - -
But Virginia and Peregrine
Didn't mind.
One of them born
On Roanoke,
And the other cradled
In Pilgrim oak.
the rest of the poem here
Thanks for the *PING*
One of my grandfather’s direct ancestors (I forget how many “greats” relate to me) came to Jamestown circa 1619 as an adolescent, who settled in Maryland and some eventually made their way back to northern Virginia in the late 1700s, where many remain. I’m still trying to find out more info on him, the family history seems like it will be interesting.
We were in Jamestown about 3 years ago and they had already begun building new access roads. My husband didn’t want to go back this year... crowds. *SIGH*
” .....a hotel without room service.” Now THAT is roughing it!
Do hope you get over to the Valley and mountain areas of the Old Dominion this Summer. Just in Charlottesville, not too far from the shore (relatively speaking), the area is beautiful, has Monticello, Ash Lawn, Michie’s Tavern, UVA, etc. Madison’s estate is a bit north of C’ville, worth the side trip.
If you venture to Staunton, there’s the American Frontier Museum (they changed its name so I’m not sure what it is exactly). So much to see !! I’ve loved every minute of our road trips thru the state. These excursions will be helpful to your 8 y/o when her class starts studying VA history.
Gabz, let me know when you’re in the Hampton Roads area. We’ll find some good places for you eat.
Here in Hampton Roads you hear it, right alongside "my ancestors had their land taken by the English".
Two good recommendations. Going there on Friday with my 10 year old.
My wife pointed this out during a Jamestown commercial. Same old PC crap.
That statement will not be part of the audio tour.
Abe Lnicoln put the nation’s birth somewhat later, i.e., “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
Jamestown, represented colonization of North America by Great Britain.
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