JAMESTOWN DAY
Saturday, May 15, 2010 

"Jamestown Day" commemorates the 403rd anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony. The event is jointly sponsored by Historic Jamestowne, site of the original 1607 settlement administered by Preservation Virginia and the National Park Service, and Jamestown Settlement, a living-history museum of 17th-century Virginia administered by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

Highlights include the mid-morning arrival of the replica ships Godspeed and Discovery at Jamestown Settlement and a special ceremony with descendents of Virginia Indians and Jamestown colonists commemorating the peoples present at the 1607 founding at Historic Jamestowne.

Separate admission to Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne. Free parking and shuttle available at both sites.

Admission to Historic Jamestowne is $10 for people over age 15, free for people under 16. Jamestown Settlement admission is $14.00 for adults and $6.50 for ages 6 through 12, free for children under 6. A combination ticket for Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Battlefield and the Yorktown Victory Center is available at all four sites or online. 

For more information about Historic Jamestowne, call (757) 898-2410 or visit www.historicjamestowne.org. For more information about Jamestown Settlement, call (888) 593-4682 toll-free or visit www.historyisfun.org.