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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1O_first-africans-in-jamestown-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
The first documented Africans in mainland English America arrived at Point Comfort (in present-day Hampton) late in Aug. 1619. Colonial officials traded food for these "20 and odd" Africans, who had been seized from a Portuguese slave sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0F_powhatans-headquarters-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
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Powhatan's Headquarters
At the time Captain John Smith traveled the York River, several Eastern Virginia Algonquian tribes paid tribute to a spiritual and political leader named Powhatan. In return, he provided military assistance, g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKN_paspahegh_Williamsburg-VA.html
When the English colonists arrived in 1607, they landed in Paspahegh Country, which extended westward along the shore of the James River to the Chickahominy River and beyond.
The Native Americans who lived here were Algonquin speakers that fished…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKK_french-troops-at-jamestown_Williamsburg-VA.html
On 2 Sept. 1781, about 3,000 French troops of the Gatinois, Agenois, and Touraine Regiments arrived at Jamestown from the West Indies. Commanded by the Marquis de Saint-Simon, they camped near here before participating in the siege of Yorktown. On…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKJ_lafayettes-visit_Williamsburg-VA.html
On behalf of a grateful nation, President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette's tour of all 24 states in 1824 and 1825 drew large crowds and sparked a renewal of patriotism. On 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OEP_colonial-parkway_Williamsburg-VA.html
In 1930, Congress established Colonial National Monument (designated Colonial National Historical Park in 1936) to preserve and interpret the beginning and end of the British colonial experience in North America. The park included Jamestown, the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OEO_a-site-of-habitation_Williamsburg-VA.html
Thousands of years ago, when the island was larger and drier, Jamestown was more suitable for permanent habitation. In fact, archaeologists have excavated hearths from the 2,000-year-old campsites. Nearby, they found pottery and evidence of stone …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I3P_sir-christopher-wren-building_Williamsburg-VA.html
This first building at the College of William and Mary is the oldest college building in the United States. According to an 18th-century author, it was "first modeled by Sir Christopher Wren, adapted to the Nature of the Country by the Gentlemen t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I3B_the-public-gaol_Williamsburg-VA.html
This was Virginia's chief prison which housed debtors and criminals and served as the jail for the General Court in the nearby Capitol. Here Blackbeard's pirates, captured in 1718, were confined until the day of their hanging. Leg irons, an exerci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I28_presbyterian-meetinghouse_Williamsburg-VA.html
After receiving permission from the county court, a small group of Presbyterians began worshipping here in 1765. Besides Bruton Parish Church, this meetinghouse was the only authorized place of worship in Williamsburg before the American Revolutio…