Today we stepped back in time to 1607 to the settlement of
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement. We started at the visitor’s center where we
saw a short film on the English, Powhatan Indians, and the African cultures. We then walked through replicas of an Indian
village, the James Fort with all their buildings built by the new settlers, and the three ships that carried the new settlers to Jamestown. After that, we walked through the actual
grounds of the original Jamestown settlement.
The only standing building is the Memorial Church which was rebuilt in
1907. There are several partial
foundations from the homes and row houses built. These foundations are replicas of the
originals, which are still buried. There
was an archaeological dig going on looking for more artifacts from that period.
After walking the grounds, we took a drive around the Jamestown
peninsula where Indians lived long before the British settled the area.
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| Entrance to museum |
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| Inside an Indian hut |
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| An Indian village |
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| 2 of the 3 ships that traveled from England |
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| The living quarters on the ship |
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| The largest of the ships |
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| The buildings of James Fort |
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| More buildings of James Fort |
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| The actual grounds - replica of a remaining foundation |
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| The Memorial Church that was rebuilt in 1907 |
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| Old graves beside the church |
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| The remaining foundation (replica) of a house |
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