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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/HM1U12_john-smith-explores-the-chesapeake-historical_VA.html
(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/HM1U0F_powhatans-headquarters-historical_Williamsburg-VA.html
(panel 1) 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/HMFMC_chickahominy-church_Toano-VA.html
Two miles south is the site of the colonial Chickahominy Church, now destroyed. Lafayette's forces camped there, July 6-8, 1781. The church was used as a hospital after the battle of Green Spring, July 6, 1781.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMA_white-hall-tavern_Toano-VA.html
This was a station on the Old Stage Road between Williamsburg and Richmond, before 1860.
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