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MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center.
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Event CalendarUpcoming special events are shown. Scroll down for future months. No events found | | Through November 15: “Werowocomoco: Seat of Power” Special Exhibition  May 15-November 15, 2010 Jamestown Settlement
Powhatan at Werowocomoco, detail from John Smith's Map of Virginia, 1612, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation collection. |
Werowocomoco was the principal residence of Powhatan, the paramount chief of 30-some Indian tribes in Virginia’s coastal region at the time English colonists arrived in 1607. Recent archaeological excavations have revealed not only that the York River site was a uniquely important place during Powhatan’s time, but also that its role as a political and social center predated the Powhatan chiefdom. The six-month exhibition is the first time artifacts from the Werowocomoco site are on display in a museum setting. The exhibition examines the relationship between material culture and political authority in the region from prehistoric times through the early years of the 17th century and what the site means to descendent Virginia Indian communities today. More
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| | Yorktown Victory Celebration October 16-17, 2010 Yorktown Victory Center Military life and artillery demonstrations mark the 229th anniversary of America’s momentous Revolutionary War victory at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. To experience Continental Army life firsthand, visitors can enroll in “A School for the Soldier” to drill with wooden muskets and apply tactical skills in mock combat, as well as learn about soldiers’ provisions and sleeping quarters. Special programs also held at Yorktown Battlefield. |
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| | Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia November 25-27, 2010 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Colonial Virginia foodways are featured 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. |
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| | A Colonial Christmas at Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center December 1-January 3, 2011 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Holiday traditions of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia are recalled through special interpretive programs. A Jamestown Settlement holiday film and 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 Revolutionary War encampments and glimpse holiday preparations on a 1780s farm. |
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| | "From Africa to Virginia" Theme Month February 1-28, 2011 Jamestown SettlementGallery exhibits, a printed family gallery guide and guided tours of the museum’s outdoor living-history areas highlight the culture of the first known Africans in Virginia and the experience of Africans in 17th-century Virginia. |
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| | Military Through the Ages March 19-20, 2011 Jamestown SettlementRe-enactment groups depicting centuries of military history join forces with modern-day veterans and active units to demonstrate camp life, tactics and weaponry. Event features Saturday children’s parade and Sunday military pass-in-review. |
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| | Jamestown Day May 14, 2011 Jamestown Settlement
A jointly sponsored event at Jamestown Settlement & Historic Jamestowne
Maritime demonstrations, military drills, archaeology and programs on English and Powhatan Indian contact, exploration and discovery mark the 404th anniversary of the 1607 founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony. Separate site admission.
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| | "Seed to Stalk" Theme Month June 1-30, 2011 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory CenterExplore American agriculture of the 17th and 18th centuries during an interpretive theme month with hands-on activities. Throughout the month, visitors can try their hand at tending and watering gardens, and learn about the many practical uses of herbs and plants. |
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| | Liberty Celebration July 2-4, 2011 Yorktown Victory CenterTactical drills, military exercises and role-playing demonstrations salute the anniversary of America’s independence. Visitors can see in museum galleries a rare broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence dating to July 1776, and during a special interpretive program, learn about the sacrifices of Americans who sought to be “free and independent” from Great Britain. |
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| | "Tools of the Trade" Theme Month August 1-31, 2011 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory CenterImplements used in colonial Virginia for farming, fishing, hunting, defense, navigation and building are examined through interpretive programs and hands-on activities. |
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