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No events found | | "Jamestown’s Legacy to the American Revolution" Special Exhibition  March 1, 2013 to January 20, 2014 Jamestown Settlement
This special exhibition examines the lives of Revolutionary War-era descendants of people associated with 17th-century Jamestown and features more than 60 artifacts acquired for the future American Revolution Museum at Yorktown (to replace the Yorktown Victory Center), including a 19th-century life-size sculpture of George Washington. More
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| | "Seed to Stalk" Theme Month June 1-30, 2013 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
Explore American agriculture of the 17th and 18th centuries during an interpretive theme month with hands-on activities. Throughout the month, visitors help tend and water plants and learn about the many practical uses of herbs, vegetables and field crops.
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| | Party on the Pier Saturday, June 22, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Jamestown Settlement
Enjoy live music by the Slapnation Band and a barbecue dinner by Beach Bully Barbecue at the ships’ pier. Tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the door ($10 in advance for children 3-12). Presented by TowneBank. Proceeds benefit educational programming at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Tickets are limited and go on sale June 1; call (757) 253-4219 for more information.
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| | Liberty Celebration July 4-6, 2013 Yorktown Victory Center Tactical 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. |
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| | "Pastimes of Colonial Virginia" Theme Month August 1-31, 2013 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
 Games and other diversions of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia are shown through hands-on activities and interpretive programs at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center. Visitors can play a variety of games, including whirligigs, corncob darts, ninepins, quoits, mancala and nine-men's morris.
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| | September 21: "Community Day" at Jamestown Settlement September 21, 2013 Jamestown Settlement
"Jamestown's Legacy to the American Revolution" is featured with family tours of the special exhibition and children's crafts and hands-on activities. Outdoors, discover the evolution of military weaponry and uniforms, music, and entertainment from 17th-century Jamestown to 18th-century Yorktown.
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| | Yorktown Victory Celebration October 19-20, 2013 Yorktown Victory Center
Military life and artillery demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday, October 19-20, mark the 232nd 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 learn about soldiers’ provisions and sleeping quarters. Yorktown Day on Saturday, October 19, features a parade and commemorative and wreath-laying ceremonies in historic Yorktown and Yorktown Battlefield. |
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| | Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia November 28-30, 2013 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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Administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an agency of the Commonwealth of
Virginia that is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
©Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, P.O. Box 1607, Williamsburg,
Virginia 23187-1607 (757) 253-4838 or toll-free (888)593-4682; fax (757)253-5299
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