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News - 2010

FUN AND GAMES IN AUGUST AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT & YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER WITH 'PASTIMES OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA'  

MILITARY DRILLS, EXHIBITS, HANDS-ON FAMILY FUN SALUTE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AT YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER'S 'LIBERTY CELEBRATION'  

WEROWOCOMOCO EXHIBIT, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, INTERTRIBAL DANCING, GALLERY TOURS, CHILDREN’S CRAFT ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHT ‘VIRGINIA INDIAN HERITAGE DAY’ AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK ON THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1781 WILL SPEAK JUNE 26 AT YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE FOCUS OF JUNE THEME  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’S GODSPEED TO UNDERTAKE FOUR OUTREACH VOYAGES IN 2010  

GOVERNOR'S LAND FOUNDATION DEEDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION REPRESENTING MILLENNIA OF VIRGINIA HISTORY TO JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION  

403RD ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA'S FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY OBSERVED MAY 15 AT HISTORIC JAMESTOWNE & JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

CENTER OF POWHATAN CHIEFDOM EXPLORED IN ‘WEROWOCOMOCO: SEAT OF POWER’ EXHIBITION OPENING MAY 15 AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

DELEGATES JONES, SHERWOOD APPOINTED TO JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION BOARD  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER ONLINE ‘HISTORY IS FUN!’ TICKETS OFFER ADDED VALUE  

SHIP SAILS SCULPTURE WILL GREET JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT VISITORS  

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION CHILDREN'S SUMMER HISTORY CAMPS  

MORE THAN 400 SOLDIERS CONVERGE AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT FOR 'MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES' EVENT  

RARE ARTIFACTS, ENGAGING PROGRAMS AWAIT VISITORS TO JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER OFFER SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES  

RECESSION TAKES TOLL ON 2009 ATTENDANCE AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

FROM AFRICA TO VIRGINIA IS FEBRUARY THEME  

News - 2009

LINDA BAKER, STERLING NICHOLS ELECTED TO JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION, INC., BOARD  

STEPHEN R. ADKINS ELECTED TO BOARD OF JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION  

INTERNET TRANSMISSION BRINGS EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA, STUDENTS TO SPRINGFIELD, VA., FOR ‘CULTURES AT JAMESTOWN’ PROGRAM  

EXPERIENCE HOLIDAYS OF CENTURIES PAST AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

CLIFFORD B. FLEET III ELECTED TO BOARD OF JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION, INC.  

REVOLUTIONARY WAR INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS HIGHLIGHT 'YORKTOWN VICTORY CELEBRATION' OCTOBER 17-18  

TAKE IN SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF HOLIDAY SEASON IN AMERICA'S HISTORIC TRIANGLE  

RARE 1776 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BROADSIDE ACQUIRED FOR EXHIBIT AT YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER, AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSEUM  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER OFFER SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES  

17TH-CENTURY AMUSEUMENTS HIGHLIGHT 'CHILDREN'S DAY' AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

CONSTANCE KINCHELOE JOINS BOARD OF JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION  

'PASTIMES OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA' FOCUS OF AUGUST PROGRAMS AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT LECTURE SERIES CONCLUDES AUGUST 8 WITH OVERVIEW OF BERMUDA ART  

24 VIRGINIA EDUCATORS PARTICIPATING IN JULY 12-17 JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION TEACHER INSTITUTE  

THIRD ‘JAMESTOWN AND BERMUDA’ LECTURE IS JULY 11 AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

JAMESTOWN 2007 STEERING COMMITTEE PUBLISHES OFFICIAL REPORT OF ‘AMERICA’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY’  

JAMES CITY COUNTY GRANT SUPPORTS JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT EXHIBITION NEXT YEAR SHOWCASING POWHATAN CAPITAL CITY  

YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER'S 'LIBERTY CELEBRATION' SALUTES AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE  

‘SHIPWRECK THAT SAVED JAMESTOWN’ AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT JUNE 13  

TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE FOCUS OF JUNE PROGRAMMING  

NEW BUILDING AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT FORT MODELED AFTER JAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY FIND  

402ND ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA’S FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY OBSERVED MAY 16 AT HISTORIC JAMESTOWNE & JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

18TH-CENTURY PORTRAIT OF KING GEORGE III ACQUIRED FOR FUTURE EXHIBIT AT YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

‘THE LION AND THE MOUSE’ DOCUMENTARY FILM TOPIC OF FIRST ‘JAMESTOWN AND BERMUDA’ LECTURE  

A VARIETY OF TICKET OPTIONS TO VISIT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

SOLDIERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY FALL IN LINE FOR JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’S ‘MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES’  

‘VIRGINIA COMPANY COLONIES’ EXHIBITION COINCIDES WITH BERMUDA’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY  

FOUR LECTURES LINKED TO JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’S ‘JAMESTOWN AND BERMUDA’ EXHIBITION  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER OFFER SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES  

SIX RARE ARTIFACTS ACQUIRED FOR EXHIBIT AT YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

GRANTS SUPPORT JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION EDUCATION INITIATIVES, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, ACQUISITIONS  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER TOTAL PAID ATTENDANCE APPROACHES 700,000 IN 2008  

FROM AFRICA TO VIRGINIA IS FEBRUARY THEME OF JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT EXHIBITS, TOURS, LECTURE SERIES  

News - 2008

SUE GERDELMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC  

‘VIRGINIA COMPANY COLONIES’ EXHIBITION COINCIDES WITH BERMUDA’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY  

EXHIBIT DESIGNER, SENIOR CURATOR SELECTED FOR YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER RECALL HOLIDAYS OF CENTURIES PAST  

‘FOODS & FEASTS’ EXPLORES CENTURIES-OLD COOKING METHODS AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

H. BENSON DENDY III ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION  

AMERICA’S DECISIVE REVOLUTIONARY WAR VICTORY CELEBRATED OCTOBER 18-19  

ARCHITECT SELECTED TO DESIGN NEW YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

‘GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL’ AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

TAKE IN SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF HOLIDAY SEASON IN AMERICA’S HISTORIC TRIANGLE  

17TH-CENTURY AMUSEMENTS HIGHLIGHT ‘CHILDREN’S DAY’ ON SEPTEMBER 27  

17TH-CENTURY SHIP REPLICA GODSPEED TO VISIT ALEXANDRIA IN LATE SEPTEMBER  

SUMMER ‘FAMILY DAYS’ AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT MIX HISTORY LESSON WITH TAKE-HOME CRAFT  

‘VIRGINIA INDIAN HERITAGE DAY’ AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT SATURDAY, JULY 26 TO FEATURE INTERTRIBAL DANCE, PRESENTATIONS, SPECIAL EXHIBITION, HANDS-ON CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES  

‘PASTIMES OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA’ HIGHLIGHT AUGUST PROGRAMS AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

JAMESTOWN 2007 STAMP & CACHET PROJECT, UKROP FOUNDATION FUND SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE  

BRITISH MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF JOHN WHITE WATERCOLORS AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT THROUGH OCTOBER 15  

EVENING LECTURES ACCOMPANY EXHIBITION OF 16TH-CENTURY JOHN WHITE WATERCOLORS  

YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER’S ‘LIBERTY CELEBRATION’ SALUTES AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE  

GODSPEED TO SET SAIL FOR NORFOLK AND CAPE CHARLES  

EXPERIENCE AMERICA’S HISTORIC TRIANGLE ANEW IN 2008  

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY, SATURDAY JUNE 7  

NEW JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS HONORS HUNTER B. ANDREWS  

‘THE CAMPAIGN FOR JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’ SURPASSES $24.2 MILLION GOAL  

JUNE PROGRAMS EXPLORE VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT & YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

JAMESTOWN LANDING DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 10  

BRITISH MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF JOHN WHITE WATERCOLORS COMING TO JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT IN JULY 2008  

‘MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES’ AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT OFFERS UNIQUE GLIMPSE OF MILITARY HISTORY ON MARCH 15-16  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’S ‘THE WORLD OF 1607’ EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH APRIL 9 WITH FOURTH CYCLE  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER OFFER SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES  

CURATOR TOURS EXAMINE ARTIFACTS, HISTORY, RE-CREATED SETTINGS IN JAMETOWN SETTLEMENT GALLERIES  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER ATTENDANCE IN 2007 SURPASSES ONE MILLION  

News - 2007

VIRGINIA RESIDENTS OFFERED DISCOUNT ADMISSION TO JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER ON WEEKENDS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY  

DISCOVER HOLIDAYS OF CENTURIES PAST AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

EXPLORE FOODWAYS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

THIRD CYCLE OF ‘THE WORLD OF 1607’ OPENS AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT  

PEOPLE, LEGACIES OF JAMESTOWN HIGHLIGHTED IN ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM  

GODSPEED TAKES PART IN URBANNA, CHARLES CITY, NEW KENT EVENTS  

‘VIRGINIA INDIAN HERITAGE DAY’ AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT TO FEATURE INTERTRIBAL DANCING, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, HANDS-ON CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’S ‘2007 HERITAGE LECTURE SERIES’ CONCLUDES WITH W. RICHARD WEST JR. ON NOVEMBER 3  

‘YORKTOWN VICTORY CELEBRATION’ FEATURES REVOLUTIONARY WAR RE-ENACTORS, SPECIAL INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS  

‘2007 HERITAGE LECTURE SERIES’ CONTINUES WITH PULITIZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR JACK RAKOVE  

JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING EXPANDS IN 2006-07  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER CONTINUE POPULAR PROGRAMS FOR HOME-EDUCATED STUDENTS  

Limited Edition U.S. Mint's Commemorative Coins  

‘THE WORLD OF 1607,' FOUR EXHIBITIONS IN ONE, MOVES TO SECOND PHASE  

The 1619 Assembly: A Jamestown Legacy  

2007 Heritage Lecture Series: Doris Kearns Goodwin  

FERGUSON AND WOLSELEY PROVIDE MAJOR SUPPORT TO ‘CAMPAIGN FOR JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’  

YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER’S "LIBERTY CELEBRATION"  

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST FOUNDATION ESTABLISHES EDUCATION ENDOWMENT  

GODSPEED TO PARTICIPATE IN ‘SAIL VIRGINIA 2007’  

NORTHROP GRUMMAN DONATES $300,000 TO JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS  

"African Imprint Day"  

2007 Heritage Lecture: African and African American Lives in Virginia  

2007 Heritage Lecture Series  

Royal Armouries Director to Present Lecture on Japanese Shogun  

McMURRAN, ROY R. CHARLES TRUST GIFTS SUPPORT  

"THE WORLD OF 1607"  

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT ENHANCES DAILY PROGRAMMING  

2006 IS A BANNER YEAR AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER  

NEW DISCOVERY JOINS JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT FLEET  

VIRGINIA RESIDENTS OFFERED DISCOUNT ADMISSION TO JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER ON SELECTED WEEKENDS IN 2007 AND 2008  

News - 2006

NEW JAMESTOWN GALLERIES, FILM PROVIDE 21st-CENTURY LOOK AT 17th-CENTURY VIRGINIA