The
Jamestown 400th anniversary
celebration brings with it a tremendous series of special events in
2007. After you have enjoyed a hearty breakfast at our
Williamsburg Inn. It is just a short drive to enjoy any of the
following anniversary celebration events,
Black History
Month
February 1-28, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Explore the lives of
early Africans in Virginia and their western central African
background.
Women's
History Month
March 1-31, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Discuss the roles of
women in the 17th and 18th centuries with costumed interpreters as
they perform daily tasks
Military
Through the Ages
March 17-18, 2007
Jamestown Settlement Centuries of military history unfold, as
re-enactors depicting soldiers and military encounters from the Middle
Ages to modern times demonstrate camp life, military tactics and
weaponry.
Natural
Environment Month
April 1-30, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Discover how Virginia
native plants and the plants and herbs the English brought with them
were used by the people of Virginia.
"The World of
1607"
America's 400th Anniversary Signature Event
Opening April 27, 2007
Jamestown Settlement A special exhibition portrays Jamestown and
Virginia as part of an intellectual, social and economic "new world"
that brought together peoples and ideas from around the globe.
Jamestown
Month
May 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Enjoy festivities commemorating the 400th anniversary of the nation's
beginnings at Jamestown.
America's
Anniversary Weekend
America's 400th Anniversary Signature Event
May 11-13, 2007
Jamestown Settlement, Historic Jamestowne and nearby Anniversary Park
The 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, America's first
permanent English settlement, will be commemorated with cultural
events, historical pageantry and ceremonies, musical performances and
children's entertainment. Single-day admission tickets to all three
commemorative sites are $30.00 for adults and $15 for youth (12 and
under), and must be purchased in advance. For more information on
America’s Anniversary Weekend, visit www.Americas400thAnniversary.com.
Cultures of
Virginia Month
June 1-30, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Examine the cultures of the Powhatan Indians, Africans and English and
how they interacted in early Virginia.
Celebration
of Liberty Month
July 1-31, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Discover how the legislative assembly created at Jamestown in 1619
gave rise to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Continental Congress and
the Declaration of Independence.
Liberty
Celebration
July 3-5, 2007
Yorktown Victory Center
Salute America by joining in military drills and learning about the
sacrifices of our nation's founders, including those who signed the
Declaration of Independence.
Free
Enterprise/Agriculture and Industry Month
August 1-31, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Explore how the early efforts of Jamestown settlers to make a profit
for the investors of the Virginia Company evolved into the tobacco
economy of 18th-century Virginia.
Rule of Law
Month
September 1-30, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Learn how martial law deemed necessary during periods of warfare would
give way to representative government.
Virginia History and
Archaeology Month
October 1-31, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Discover what has been learned about Virginia's history from
archaeological excavations and primary historical sources.
Yorktown
Victory Celebration
October 20-21, 2007
Yorktown Victory Center
Demonstrations of military life and tactics mark the 226th anniversary
of America's victory at Yorktown. To experience Continental Army life
firsthand, visitors can enroll in "A School for the Soldier" to try on
uniforms, march to the beat of a Revolutionary drum and join in other
hands-on military activities. Special programs also are held in
Yorktown and the Yorktown Battlefield, administered by Colonial
National Historical Park.
Virginia
Indian Heritage Month
November 1-30, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
In observance of American Indian Month, there will be a special focus
on the culture of Virginia Indians and their history.
Foods
& Feasts of Colonial Virginia
November 22-24, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Explore Virginia foodways of the 17th and 18th centuries during this
three-day event beginning on Thanksgiving Day. At Jamestown
Settlement, learn how food was gathered, preserved and prepared on
land and at sea by Virginia's English colonists and Powhatan Indians.
At the Yorktown Victory Center, learn about typical soldiers' fare
during the American Revolution and trace the bounty of a 1780s farm
from field to kitchen.
A Colonial Christmas
December 22-31, 2007
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Experience 17th- and 18th-century holiday traditions. At Jamestown
Settlement, a film and special guided tours compare and contrast
English Christmas customs of the period with how the season may have
been observed in the difficult early years of the Jamestown colony. At
the Yorktown Victory Center, hear accounts of Christmas and winter in
military encampments during the American Revolution and glimpse
holiday preparations on a 1780s Virginia farm.
