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Argo Schroath by Jody

So far 2007 has its own place in the past, there might be two or three people in the area of Chesapeake, which have not been touched by a 400th anniversary of Jamestown, an event they'll be- wearing the Pampers. And yet. . . .

There are many special events marking the quadricentennial of the landing at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement United States, which overflowed back last year. The replica ship Godspeed, for example, toured the east coast, before returning to Virginia to prepare for this year's reissue of the first landing on April 26. Jamestown Live! have a million students across the country to watch a one hour webcast on the legacy Jamestown is that the students' questions submitted to a panel that included Chickahominy Chief Stephen Adkins, chief of Jamestown archaeologist William Kelso and former astronaut Dr. Kathryn Thornton. The Virginia tribes held a conference last October in 400 years of survival. And last month, the radio host Tavis Smiley hosted a Member of the 2007 event Black Imprint Black in the Union in America. Smiley asked a panel of 36 notable African-Americans to discuss the role that blacks have played in developing America from the arrival of the first slaves at Jamestown in 1619 to the present.

But do not worry, there are plenty of special activities on the horizon 2007 event, including the largest and brashest of them all. That would be America's Anniversary Weekend, May 11 to 13, in Jamestown, a mega party that will feature three days of special events and all sorts of famous people, James Earl Jones, Ricky Skaggs, Chaka Khan, Sandra Day O'Connor and of course the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra (which grow their own instruments). To help you make sense of all the Jamestown 400 hoopla, including a visit May 3 and 4 by Queen Elizabeth II, we've ruthlessly packaged these activities in various events arranged in groups of Jamestown, all-around-the-Bay-events and (our favorite readers) events with boats. Finally, you find two stories related to the first, as our understanding of what happened at Jamestown has changed over the years, we changed the second, information cruise on the Jamestown area.

Jamestown Events
When we speak of Jamestown, of course, we're not talking about a Jamestown, but two. Starter Jamestown, here's how we went from zero to two: How Jamestown had disappeared as a town in the mid-18th century, in 1907 the 300th anniversary celebration was held in Norfolk instead. But organizers of the event in 1957 came to 350 birthday party back to Jamestown to a facility built for this purpose, called Jamestown Festival Park, located near the original site. Jamestown Festival Park is now known as Jamestown Settlement, while the landing site in 1607, strong early and historic city Jamestowne is called. Thus, two and three Jamestowns sites for the 400th anniversary of the weekend (the third anniversary of the park is via Route 31 the settlement, and where many of the shows of the weekend will be held).

Jamestown Settlement, under the operation of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation's State of Virginia, includes a re-created Indian village, a reproduction Jamestown fort, 70 thousand square meters of indoor and outdoor exhibit space, where you can walk through a 17th-century English street and reproductions of the ships that brought the first settlers: andDiscovery Susan Constant, Godspeed. Programming anniversary of 400 special seating begins April 27 with the opening of "The World of 1607," an ambitious cycle of four exhibitions together by 28 scholars with ma-terials borrowed from around the world with the aim of placing the settlement of Jamestown in a global context. The idea is to make us nonscholars recognize that events do not occur in a vacuum but as part of larger forces, including political, social and artistic. Items that will be part of the exhibition include a copy of the 15th century Magna Carta, a glass of wine in 1607 Jade Emperor Jahangir of India and 17th century African carved ivory salt cellar. You do not feel smarter already?

A lot of other special programs at Jamestown Settlement will take place only during the anniversary weekend. This will include demonstrations of artillery, the guards of honor, storytelling, costumes and play. There will be demonstrations of craftsmen and artisans, and more enough to keep children as several thousand happy as clams for hours at a time. The replica ship will also be open for tours, and interpreters dresses will act as guides in all areas of the park.

The archaeological site known as Historic Jamestowne, is a partnership between the Office National Parks and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA). It is in the neighboring island of Jamestown, linked to the mainland by the Colonial Parkway and a small bridge at Sandy Bay in 1994, the APVA archaeologist William Kelso hired to excavate the site in hopes of finding something interesting for the 2007 anniversary. Although Earlier excavations had failed to find evidence of the original James Fort, Kelso met him in April that its first dig. The site of the fort was believed for a long time to have been flooded two centuries ago by the James River. Indeed, almost all the original footprint strong is the dry land, with only a corner under water. In subsequent years, this discovery, Kelso and his workers have uncovered more than 700,000 objects, including a particularly intriguing skeleton found just outside the walls buried with the original ceremonial staff captain. Kelso believes that this may be the remains of Bartholomew Gosnold, captain of theGodspeed and one of the main leaders of the colony. [View bar lateral, page 57.]

Historic Jamestowne has recently added a sleek, multi-window Archaearium, which uses visualization techniques smart to show a selection of artifacts within the vision of where they were discovered. Also at the historic Jamestowne, visitors can visit the house glassware, the remains a church of the late 17th century, archaeological finds, such as the contours of the final assembly of Jamestown (1663), an early burial ground, and the statues John Smith and Pocahantas.

Special Events Anniversary Weekend at Historic Jamestowne will include celebrations of festivals past Jamestown, a series of programs called 104 men and boys, farewell speeches and official replica of the sloop that will spend the rest of the summer 1608 enacting the Captain John Smith's voyages of discovery in the Chesapeake [See "The Captain's Trail," October and November 2006]. Smith departed not long after the Jamestown settlers arrived to explore the bay in search of gold and long-sought Northwest Passage to Asia and to make contacts with the Native American tribes living along its shores. For two great voyages of discovery, Smith and his crew sailed or rowed to almost every tributary of the Bay and Smith created his own first detailed map. The re-enactment journey that leaves Jamestown May 12, largely retrace Smith's journeys, making about two dozen stops in towns and villages along the road.

musical events will play an important role the calendar of the anniversary weekend, including 1607 members of a choir and orchestra of 400 pieces, famous artists like Bruce Hornsby, Chaka Khan and Ricky Skaggs and awarded musical groups from dozens of schools and independent organizations around the country (including all-gourd orchestra). There will also be re-dramatizations games, fireworks, parade, demonstrations, and dramatic readings. . . in short, everything you can imagine. No more than 30,000 people are admitted in any of the three days, to buy a ticket in advance is essential. For a detailed schedule of events, visitwww.jamestown2007.org. You'll find tickets information there too, and in the sidebar of this page.

All Over the Bay Events
While the anniversary weekend will produce the most history books, you can be sure that there will be a boomlet 400 Jamestown near you. It may be a signature event, a term used by the organizers Jamestown in 2007 to a dozen such important events around the region, many of which adopt official theme of the anniversary: A convergence of three cultures. Between these are the American Indian Intertribal Festival in Hampton, Virginia, July 21 and 22 and African-American Culture and Trade Expo in August at 00:25 in Hampton Roads. Also Programming is in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC, June 27 and July 8, which will feature artists, storytellers crafts and native of Virginia, Southeast England and West Africa. 16 to 19 September will see the completion of the Forum on the Future of Democracy in Williamsburg. (You find out more about all these events in local thewww.jamestown2007.org).

Elsewhere, a special exhibition in Richmond is especially noteworthy. "Rule Britannia! Art, Royalty and Power in the Age of Jamestown" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Virginia, runs from April 28 to August 12 (www.vmfa.state.va.us / Rule.html). This is an exhibition of 17th century royal portraits and maritime paintings, some of them huge, which include special loans from the collection Queen Elizabeth II, museums like the National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and private collections in Britain. Some of these works have rarely been seen by the public.

In Norfolk, Virginia Living Museum will offer two special programs and very different, as a contribution to the Jamestown festivities. "Survivor: Jamestown Labyrinth, "which runs through November 25 challenges children and adults, to wind its way through a maze, making decisions along the way, in order to survive in this new world. Also in the Living Museum, backyard gardeners will delight in a new permanent garden that highlight the history of Virginia from 1607 until botany the present.

Two more events are noteworthy Norfolk. Sail Virginia, June 7 to 12, will have military parades and ceremonies, historical re-enactments, maritime and cultural activities with the tall ships off Ocean View and Norfolk Naval Base, and Harborfest weekend, with theater and special exhibitions. (Www.sailvirginia2007.com) Norfolk is also the workplace and Waterways Waterfronts-A National Symposium on Water Access, May 9 to 11 at the Marriott Norfolk Sheraton. (Www.wateraccess2007.com).

The Kimball Theatre in Williamsburg (www.vptheatre.com) is presenting a piece of history, Smith, Being the Life and Death of Cap'n John Hume by Ivor Nel. This runs April 5 to December 31.

We could continue, but the list of events related to Jamestown, in locations throughout the Chesapeake stretch in search of the next month, so we recommend that you checkwww.jamestown2007.org/calendar.cfm. You can search by date and region.

Events by Boat
boaters Fortunately for all of us in the Bay, a great place many of the events 400th anniversary, and will be around water. Here, too, is information enough to sink a ship, so we're just going to hit the high points. But we'll give you some sites where you can learn more. The events of water fall quite focused on two categories: re-enactment events that have one or all three replica ships, Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery, and re-enactment events focusing on the journeys of discovery in 1608 of Captain John Smith and his crew. To make things even more interesting, the bay has not produced one, but three replicas Boats 30 feet Smith is open, called a strike that was held on board ship from England and then reassembled in the New World. Each replica has shallops your own itinerary, although occasionally, as in this first event, they will all be together.

By way of re-enactments Jamestown, this is the Big Bang. On Thursday, April 26 all three ships and three will be the first shallops Landing State Park in Virginia Beach to redo dramatic landfall settlers Jamestown, the first in America at Cape Henry. The first landing program will begin at 09:00 Can not make it so early? Do not worry, the second level of the first program will begin at 3:00 There will be an admission fee at the park for the event.

The replica ship will leave Virginia Beach on 28 April, as the Godspeed takes the lead in the signature event called Journey James. The Godspeed will stop at three other ports before arriving at Jamestown on May 11 to the top Weekend birthday. [For every port of call of the trip is the Godspeed James, and his career in the Bay this summer and fall, see sidebar, page 57. boaters] recreation are invited to join the fleet from Virginia Beach to Hampton in Hampton on April 28 that calls the Great American Party Dock. The date also coincides with the city's International Children's Festival. (For infor-mation marinas to participate, call 800-487-8778.)

While all three will be in shallops Virginia Beach on April 26 for the first landing event, the "official" boat-the one built by Sultana Projects in Chestertown will get his formal farewell at 10 noon on May 12 Historic Jamestowne for the start of his re-enactment of Smith's voyages of discovery. (You will need a weekend of birthday ticket to watch the send-off). The first of 20 stops on the trip will be officially re-enactment in Onancock on May 19 and 20, coinciding with the city celebration combined Captain Smith and the 200th anniversary of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Officials at every stop, visitors will be invited to meet the crew and see the exhibition to go along with it [see sidebar, page 56].

Special events are planned to coincide with stops officials in both sloop on his re-enactment voyage and Godspeed as visits ports throughout the bay following the anniversary weekend, to check the calendar in the sidebar and then search for informa-tion near the port of origin or favorite cruising grounds.

Finally, this summer travel Captain John Smith 400 lane will inaugurate the nation's first all the water history, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail, which was approved by Congress in December 2006 and is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. At three points on a visit to Sultana's sloop, NOAA will activate its first three "smart buoys" that will report on the ecological and historical significance of the site in particular, and live readings of climate and water conditions and water quality. The first buoy will be located 400 yards south, due off Jamestown and the monument will be dedicated during anniversary over the weekend. The second will be a mile or so northwest of Point Lookout Light near the mouth of the Potomac River. The third will be activated when the sloop Baltimore and approaches sit about a mile east-southeast of the Seven Foot Knoll Light. Boatmen (and all) will be able to see the buoys 877-BUOYBAY calling the toll free number. You will be able to access the internet at the buoys www.buoybay.org.

Ok, that's it for us. Now it's up to you. Take a look and learn more about the beginnings of America and then pick up and go see for yourself!

About the Author

By Jody Schroath, Senior Editor for Chesapeake Bay Magazine. For more great articles and photos on boating, sailing, fishing, and cruising, visit http://www.ChesapeakeBoating.net

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