On our final day in Virginia, we headed down to Jamestown to learn all about the first permanent English colony in America. There are two sites to see: Jamestown Settlement, which is a living history museum, and Historic Jamestowne, which is the actual site of the first colony.
Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown Settlement includes a re-creation of a Powhatan village
and the colonists' fort.
We also climbed aboard reconstructions of the two smaller ships that carried the colonists to America in 1607.
The boys used a pulley to lift a coiled rope from below deck.
Jamestown Settlement was fascinating and really brought to life the early days of the colony.
Next up, we visited Historic Jamestowne, which is the actual site of the first settlement. The memorial church behind us was built in 1907 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.
The site of the first church at Jamestown.
Pocahontas
It's a really beautiful spot!
As with everything else we saw on this trip, the stories of the colonists at Jamestown really came to life for all of us!
We left Jamestown in the early afternoon as we needed to get back up to D.C. for our early morning flight the next day. It was Pi Day, so we stopped in Fredericksburg in an attempt to find pie. As you can see from the picture below, we only managed to find doughnuts!
We wandered around Fredericksburg a bit more (it really is a very cute town) and popped into a number of shops, including Riverby Books, where Gene and Will found several books and I found the coolest signs.
I'll leave you with one final photo of the four of us in Virgina.
This really was an incredibly fun trip for all of us and we learned so much. There is so much more to see in Virginia and it's a place we'd love to visit again!
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