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Jamestown Wire
Comprehensive News Feed for Jamestown, VA.
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'Christmas and the American flag proclaim the same thing... the...
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... holiday by Congress until June 26, 1870, Christmas was a big holiday starting with the earliest Americans in Jamestown, VA . Englishmen who came to Jamestown in 1607 considered Christmas to be one of the most special times of the year and instituted ... Comment?
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YALSA Names First 2010 Nonfiction Award Finalists
... humbugger, relentless curiosity seeker, and unparalleled showman P. T. Barnum. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (Carolrhoda, 2009) by Sally M. Walker. A detailed examination into the different types of forensic ... Comment?
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Cheer Up, Canada: Thomas the Tank Engine Is Not a Conservative
... Engine. Indeed, he loves Thomas so much that our attempted educational trip to the site of the British colony at Jamestown, Virginia, became a teary debacle when my son discovered that we were not actually visiting a town where we could meet James, ... Comment?
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Kaine urged to remove Salahi from tourism board
... President Barack Obama's first state dinner at the White House two weeks ago. Norment said Salahi tried to use the Jamestown 400 commemoration in 2007, which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II, to promote a polo match he was sponsoring. Salahi said ... Comment?
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Bruton's 2009 season to remember
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... the process, took a huge step toward its first Region I Division 3 playoff berth in nine years. October 17, 2009 Jamestown 9, Bruton 0 Jamestown stifles Bruton 9-0 With driving rain and sub-50-degree temperatures at James City County Stadium on ... Comment?
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Local author's new book features area's early trade
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GRANTSBURGa 'When we think of the first settlements in what later became the United States, we usually recall Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 or Jamestown,Virginia in 1607. Comment?
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Virginia Joins 31 Other States, Including AR, in Banning Smoking in Most Areas
... The law was passed in the spring after nearly 400 years of being the Old Dominion's favorite crop. Settlers in Jamestown, Virginia opted to grow tobacco as their first cash crop in 1612. It became illegal in Arkansas to smoke indoors when then ... Comment?
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Thanksgiving: One more reason to be grateful to immigrants
... 30, 1598. On December 4, 1619, 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred, which is about 20 miles north of Jamestown, Virginia. The group's charter required that the day of arrival be observed yearly as a day of thanksgiving to God. The modern ... Comment?
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Uncovering the Thanksgiving Myth
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... years. For example, on December 4, 1619, after claiming nearly 8,000 acres of Indian land about 20 miles north of Jamestown, Virginia, Captain John Woodleaf led a service of Thanksgiving in accordance with the Charter of the Berkeley Hundred which ... Comment?
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... Pilgrims gathered for gratitude was in 1621. The very first public thanks giving gathering in North America was at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. Of course, Yankees dispute this. In 1789, George Washington declared a day to express thanks to 'the ... Comment?
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Governora s Thanksgiving Proclamation
By virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution in the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, there is hereby officially recognized: WHEREAS, a permanent English-speaking settlement was established in 1607 at Jamestown, Virginia, as Captain John Smith led a group of settlers across the Atlantic on a voyage that would entail much adversity ... Comment?
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Philip presented Bermuda shorts
... dress look", he added. Britain's presence on the island happened by chance when a group of colonists heading for Jamestown, Virginia, was shipwrecked off the territory in 1609. When they left Bermuda the following year a small party remained behind ... Comment?
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... due to the sour economy, communities are celebrating. I thought you might like to see what Williamsburg and Jamestown Virginia have scheduled. For those who have never visited, Jamestown is America's first settlement, and Williamsburg is the ... Comment?
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... a few "facts." So-called fact: The Pilgrims were the first Europeans to settle in America in 1620. The truth: Jamestown, Virginia was settled in 1609. The Acadian French settled at Port-Royal (in what is now Nova Scotia) in 1607 and probably had ... Comment?
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Knitting: Bringing it home for Thanksgiving
... the needlework projects they were working on, possibly a Monmouth cap. Captain John Smith, a leader of the Jamestown, Virginia Colony was little known for his writing. An explorer, he wrote travel stories, editing a seamen's handbook and an ... Comment?
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Psycho killer... the deadly yet beautiful world of the Jimson weed
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... of which I speak? None other than the seductively beautiful Datura stramonium , a.k.a. devil's weed, moonflower, Jamestown weed, ditch weed, stink weed, loco weed, mad hatter, green dragon, thorn apple, Downy Thornapple, zombie cucumber, angel's ... Comment?
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The first permanent English settlement in the New World was Jamestown, Virginia. Comment?
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... to veterans and their families. Central Florida Zoo, Sanford, Fla.: Free admission with proper ID. Historic Jamestown, Virginia: Free admission to veterans, current Armed Forces members and their family members. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia: Free ... Comment?
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Bermuda travel information and guide
... and the island's flora and fauna. At press time for this edition, stamps commemorating the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia, and the 19th-century sailing sloop Spirit of Bermuda were two of the most coveted stamps. Open Monday through Friday ... Comment?
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... October which is declared Polish American heritage Month. Since 1608, when the first Polish settlers arrived in Jamestown, VA, Polish people have been an important part of America's history and culture. In 2009, Poles will mark the 70th anniversary ... Comment?
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