http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jamestown/ en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:12:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270814/posts Archaeologists in Jamestown, Virginia, have discovered a rare inscribed slate tablet dating back some 400 years, to the early days of America's first permanent English settlement. Both sides of the slate are covered with words, numbers, and etchings of people, plants, and birds that its owner likely encountered in the New World in the early 1600s. The tablet was found a few feet down in what may be the first well at James Fort, dug in early 1609 by Capt. John Smith, Jamestown's best known leader, said Bill Kelso, director of archaeology at the site. If the well is confirmed... nationalgeographic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270814/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2267364/posts Archaeologists have pulled a 400-year-old slate tablet from what they think was an original well at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. The slate is covered with faint inscriptions of local birds, flowers, a tree and caricatures of men, along with letters and numbers, according to Preservation Virginia, which jointly operates the dig site with the National Park Service. It was found at the center of James Fort, which was established in 1607 along the James River in eastern Virginia. Research director William Kelso said the inscriptions were made with a slate pencil on the 4-inch-by-8-inch slate.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2267364/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120669/posts I write this especially for our Maoist brothers. While the US is commonly vilified as the bastion of capitalism, it is little known that the US too has tried communism. It was only when communism failed that property rights and capitalism took hold. Let us go back into history and see what lessons America learned from its relatively short dalliance with Maoism much before the ‘great leader' himself was born. The year was 1607. The first 104 settlers had arrived from Europe in Jamestown in the Virginia Tidewater region of the US in May. They found soil which was fertile... The Himalayan Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2120669/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:15:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1920443/posts 400 Years After Jamestown: Where Did the Bible Go? In recent decades the British and American peoples have increasingly turned away from the Bible. Few can even remember when the Word of God was revered in our nations, but only a century ago it was considered the source of the “ennobling ideals” that united both nations. by Melvin Rhodes The Bible was missing. I searched through the sanctuary. It must be somewhere. After all, it was a church. I finally gave up and asked a female volunteer if she knew where the Bible was. She explained that it had been... The Good News Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1920443/posts#comment Sat, 3 Nov 2007 14:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893479/posts Christopher Newport was the captain of one of three ships that carried the America's founding colonists 400 years ago and his likeness has been memorialized in bronze at the university named for him in Newport News, Va. Some alumni and history buffs want the monument to get a hook like the one that replaced the right arm Newport lost in battle 17 years before coming to Jamestown. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The swashbuckling sea captain who helped found America's first permanent English settlement lost his right arm in battle nearly two decades before bringing the colonists to Jamestown 400... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893479/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 14:26:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851356/posts A century ago the government erected a monument to honor the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va., and carved into it an admonition to "serve and fear God the giver of all goodness." This year, with the government calling the Jamestown founding an "invasion," the sole monument to honor the 400th anniversary is the Jamestown Children's Monument, dedicated yesterday during events held by Vision Forum Ministries... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851356/posts#comment Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:26:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1834752/posts Test your Jamestown 1607 survival skills: You are a colonist facing winter and need to patch your coat. Besides needle and thread, you need this to wax the thread to make sewing the coat easier: Candle wax Fish oil Ear wax hamptonroads.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1834752/posts#comment Wed, 16 May 2007 21:33:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1833579/posts Test your Jamestown survival skills: You are a doctor in 1607. Other colonists are complaining about loss of appetite, weakness, lethargy and irritability. Some are hallucinating and having seizures. What is your diagnosis? Lousy disease Scurvy Saltwater poisoning hamptonroads.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1833579/posts#comment Tue, 15 May 2007 00:44:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833193/posts JAMESTOWN – He’s the president, he can do what he wants. On Sunday, George Bush wanted to conduct a 400-piece symphony playing at the 400th anniversary celebration of the first permanent English settlement in America, at Jamestown. Midway through a rousing rendition of “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Bush took the baton from JoAnn Falletta, musical director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. While the Anniversary Park crowd of several thousand roared, the president led the musicians for two minutes without a hitch. Bush pointed to all sections of the orchestra, which included young musicians from around the country. He implored... The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833193/posts#comment Mon, 14 May 2007 12:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833040/posts PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush spent most of the weekend in Washington. However, they did travel to Jamestown, Virigina, today to attend the ceremonies marking the 400th Anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown settlement. Here is the AP story as published on the FOX News website: President Bush Celebrates Jamestown's 400th Anniversary JAMESTOWN, Virginia, May 13, 2007 (AP) Fond of promoting the endurance of freedom, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed America's humble beginnings as a reminder that new democracies require huge sacrifice. "From our own history, we know the path to democracy is... WhiteHouse.gov & Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833040/posts#comment Mon, 14 May 2007 00:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832936/posts Bush Playfully Conducts Orchestra in Va. May 13 03:19 PM US/Eastern By SONJA BARISIC Associated Press Writer JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) - JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should—concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind her was motioning for a try. President Bush. "Smiling at me kind of devilishly," Falletta said. She gave him her baton and stepped aside. Gesturing exuberantly, the president led the orchestra during part of its performance of "Stars and Stripes Forever." "We didn't expect him to know the score so... BREITBART http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832936/posts#comment Sun, 13 May 2007 19:39:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830165/posts On the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement, Queen Elizabeth II arrived to commemorate the great occasion. And it took some fancy footwork for Her Majesty to run the Powhatan gauntlet. For Her Majesty had been to Jamestown before, 50 years ago, in a less progressive era. As the Associated Press reported, "The last time the queen helped Virginia mark the anniversary of its colonial founding, it was an all-white affair in a state whose government was in open defiance of a 1954 Supreme Court order to desegregate public schools." Now, "massive resistance" is history. And Her Majesty was quick... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830165/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 15:05:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828649/posts President Bush met today with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Oval Office. (Transcript) Later, the president hosted a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Rose Garden (Transcript) Vice President Dick Cheney welcomed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to America and escorted the Queen on a tour of Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first English settlement. (Transcript) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continued her meeting with the Iraq conference at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheik in Egypt. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates traveled to Fort... WhiteHouse.gov & other sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828649/posts#comment Sat, 5 May 2007 00:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828315/posts Queen Elizabeth II will visit Jamestown's living history museum and its archaeological dig site Friday to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America. The British queen and her husband, Prince Philip, will be accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne. Cheney also is expected to attend a lunch in the queen's honor in Williamsburg. The queen is then scheduled to visit the College of William and Mary before leaving for Kentucky, where she is to watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. She's also expected to visit Washington, D.C., and attend a state... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828315/posts#comment Fri, 4 May 2007 13:12:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827903/posts RICHMOND, United States (AFP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II headed Thursday for a rare state visit to the United States, to mark the 400th anniversary of an English settlement that laid the foundations of history's greatest superpower. After arriving on a chartered British Airways jet, Elizabeth was due to start her six-day trip in the Virginia capital Richmond and address the state's legislature, which is America's oldest representative body. Virginians from Governor Tim Kaine down brushed up on royal protocol as they prepared to greet the British queen during a walkabout and musical concert at the grounds of the newly... Agence France Presse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827903/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 18:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828013/posts Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, stepped off a chartered British Airways airplane just after 3 p.m. Thursday in Richmond, Va., signaling the beginning of a six-day American trip. It is her first visit to the United States in 16 years. The queen stopped at the end of a red carpet while both British and American National Anthems were played. Her motorcade left shortly afterward. On Thursday evening, she was expected to take a horse-drawn carriage through Colonial Williamsburg. And while the queen represents a monarchy the United States went to some trouble to get rid of, her... CBS/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828013/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 21:20:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827902/posts RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Terry O'Neill was just a wee lad from Liverpool the last time he got within a few feet of Queen Elizabeth II. Years later, the burly owner of the Beatles-influenced Penny Lane Pub in Richmond plans to have a second brush with English royalty on Thursday -- with a little help from his friends. O'Neill and his wife, Rose, were among thousands of people expected to jam Capitol Square for a glimpse of the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, when the royals arrive to mark the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown colony. "I left England... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827902/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 18:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826397/posts Jamestown -- the birth of a nation 400 years ago The replica Jamestown ships, The Susan Constant, center, Godspeed, right, and Discovery ply the waters of Hampton Roads as they make their way to Virginia Beach to participate in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va., Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The centerpiece of the 18-month commemoration of the 400th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement is almost here after a decade of planning. About two-thirds of the tickets for the 'America's Anniversary Weekend' extravaganza May 11-13 remain available; 31,587 had been sold as of... Yahoo (AFP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826397/posts#comment Tue, 1 May 2007 10:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809261/posts The quadricentennial of the Jamestown settlement will be noted this spring. Whether it will be celebrated is a freighted question. Virginia has gone to some expense and effort remembering the founding settlers of 1607. Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is serving as honorary chair of what is being called “America's 400th Birthday.” There will be musical performances, lectures and seminars. The Queen of England will visit on May 4 and 5. But emblematic of our troubled understanding of our past and our present discomfort with our national identity, the powers that be in Virginia have decided not to... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809261/posts#comment Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:42:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797316/posts 'Celebration' banned for Jamestown's 400thEvents marking settlement's anniversary condemn its 'holocaust' Posted: March 8, 20071:00 a.m. Eastern By Bob Unruh© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com This year is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of settlers in Jamestown, 13 years before the Plymouth Pilgrims appeared on America's shores. And there will be discussions on the environmental impact of the settlement and its impact on African-Americans and Native Americans. But there will be no celebration. "You can't celebrate an invasion," Mary Wade, a member of Jamestown 2007 organizing committee, has stated. After all, Indian tribes "were pushed back off of their land, even killed. Whole tribes... Worldnetdaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797316/posts#comment Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:24:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783339/posts VIRGINIA BEACH - For 400 years, the history of early Virginia has focused on the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown. But Randy Amici believes history has overlooked something important - a possible settlement and a fort more than 60 miles away, near what is now Fort Story in Virginia Beach. It was called Henrytowne, and Amici thinks it may have been established as early as 1610. Amici's findings have stirred up a historical hornet's nest among others who question whether Henry-towne ever existed. Today, Amici will take his conclusions to Williamsburg, where an intrigued group of Virginia historians will... The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783339/posts#comment Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780756/posts A sherill has just been shot on Butterwood Drive in Jamestown, NC. There are at least 40 LEOs at the site along with paramedics and EMTs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780756/posts#comment Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:17:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1777772/posts RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- NASA plans to take four coins and a 400-year-old artifact into space to honor early U.S. explorers. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to take the two sets of coins and the artifact from historic Jamestown aboard space shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for launch in March to the International Space Station. The artifact, a metal cargo tag reading "Yames Towne," was unearthed at Jamestown -- the 1607 site of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Two sets of Jamestown commemorative coins, authorized by Congress and recently issued by the U.S. Mint, will... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1777772/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 03:29:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765059/posts This photo released by National Geographic Society shows a tiny 400-year-old uncharred tobacco seed, shown magnified 350 times, that was unearthed by APVA Preservation Virginia archaeologists in a well used by colonists as early as 1610 in Jamestown Island, Va. (AP Photo/College of William & Mary Applied Research Center/APVA Preservation Virginia via National Geographic Society) Seeds and plant remains preserved in a well at America's first permanent English settlement suggest the Jamestown colonists were not just gentlemen with few wilderness survival skills, as they are often portrayed, but tried to live off the land by gathering berries and nuts.... Associated Press via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765059/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687282/posts American students often get the impression from history classes that the British got here first, settling Jamestown, Va., in 1607. They hear about how white Northerners freed the black slaves, how Asians came in the mid-1800s to build Western railroads. The lessons have left out a lot. Forty-two years before Jamestown, Spaniards and American Indians lived in St. Augustine, Fla. At least several thousand Latinos and nearly 200,000 black soldiers fought in the Civil War. And Asian-Americans had been living in California and Louisiana since the 1700s. Now, more of these and other lesser-known facts about American minorities are getting... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687282/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:08:12 GMT