Jamestown Tercentenary Monument

Jamestown Tercentenary Monument (HM7DY)

Location: Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 12.529', W 76° 46.661'

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Inscription
East Side of Monument:
Virginia Company of London
Chartered April 10, 1606
Founded
Jamestown
and sustained
Virginia
1607 - 1624

North Side of Monument:
Jamestown
The first permanent
colony of the
English people.
The birthplace of
Virginia
and of
the United States
May 13, 1607

North Side Base:
"Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God, the giver of all goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out."
Advice of London Council for Virginia to the colony - 1606

West Side of Monument:
Representative
government in
America
began in the
First House of
Burgesses
assembled here
July 30, 1619

South Side of Monument:
This Monument
was erected by
the United States
A.D. 1907
to commemorate
the three hundredth
anniversary of
the settlement here
Details
HM NumberHM7DY
Tags
Year Placed1907
Placed ByUnited States of America
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 4:40am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 342255 N 4119517
Decimal Degrees37.20881667, -76.77768333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 12.529', W 76° 46.661'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 12' 31.74" N, 76° 46' 39.66" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)757, 202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1365 Colonial National Historic Pkwy, Williamsburg VA 23185, US
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