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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DC0_westover-church_Charles-City-VA.html
Westover Church. . Early colonists in Jamestown migrated westward, bringing Anglican worship there as early as 1613. Westover Parish was recognized in 1625 by the House of Burgesses. A church built in 1630 at Westover Plantation was moved to its p…
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Herring Creek is a tributary of the James River named for the Alewife and Blueback River Herring that historically have ascended Herring creek along with Hickory Shad to spawn between February and April, and then return to the sea where they spend…
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(left panel) Gateways to Exploration Four centuries ago, English eyes searched this landscape for a place to build a fort. Three English ships: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery had crossed the Atlantic and entered the Chesapea…
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(left panel) Gateways to Conflict As the English began to establish settlements up river from Jamestown, they chose prime agricultural spots known as Indian fields that had been cleared and were still in use by the Natives. George Swinhow clai…
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(panel 1) John Smith Explores the Chesapeake Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s seeking precious metals and a passage to Asia. He traveled the James, Chickahominy, and York rivers in 1607, and led two major exped…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTN_first-official-thanksgiving_Charles-City-VA.html
Site of First Official Thanksgiving in America December 4, 1619 at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia Placed by: Virginia Society Colonial Dames XVII Century 1965
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During the Civil War in July 1862, when the Army of the Potomac was in camp on this site, Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield summoned Private Oliver Willcox Norton, his Brigade Bugler to his tent. He whistled some new tune and asked the bugler t…
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In this graveyard is buried Col. Benjamin Harrison, V December 13, 1730 April 24, 1791 Singer of the Declaration of Independence Member of Virginia House of Burgesses Continental Congress Federal Constitutional Convention Thrice gove…
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From Prestwood, England At Jamestown 1608 First Governor of Berkeley Hundred Plantation 1619 Capt. John Woodlife and 38 settlers in the Ship "Margaret" landed here December 4, 1619 First Official Thanksgiving Day Service in America h…
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On 4 Dec. 1619, Capt. John Woodlief, a member of the Virginia Company, arrived aboard the ship Margaret with 35 men to take charge of Berkeley Hundred. An experienced former Jamestown settler, he became Berkeley's first governor. He bore instructi…
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