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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB48_governor-yeardleys-lot-1620s_Williamsburg-VA.html
George Yeardley arrived in Jamestown in 1610, was appointed captain of the guard, and eventually lieutenant governor. Later knighted and appointed governor of Virginia in 1618, he issued the Great Charter in 1619, establishing the first representa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB46_the-hunt-shrine_Williamsburg-VA.html
This shrine is dedicated to the memoryof the Reverend Robert Hunt (1568-1608),the first Anglican minister of the colony.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB45_robert-hunt_Williamsburg-VA.html
To the glory of God and in memory of the Reverend Robert Hunt, Presbyter. appointed by the Church of England, minister of the colony which established the English Church and English civilization at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, his people, members …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB3Q_at-jamestown-began_Williamsburg-VA.html
At Jamestown began:theExpansion overseas of theEnglish speaking peoples;theCommonwealth of Virginia;theUnited States of America;theBritish Commonwealthof Nations
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB06_first-balloon-flight-in-virginia_Williamsburg-VA.html
On May 7, 1801, J. S. Watson, a student at William and Mary, wrote a letter detailing attempts at flying hot air balloons on the Court House Green. The third balloon, decorated with sixteen stars, one for each of the existing states, and fueled wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8J_the-first-general-assembly-of-virginia_Williamsburg-VA.html
In honour ofThe First General Assemblyof Virginia,hereon the thirtieth day of July A.D. 1916.Summoned by Sir George Yeardley,Governor General of Virginia,under authority from the London Company, pursuant to the charter granted by King James I, was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA88_history-of-fort-magruder_Williamsburg-VA.html
On May 4th, 1862 Union Division's of Generals Hooker, Hancock, and "Baldy" Smith encountered units of the Southern Army east of Williamsburg.
When the Confederate Army Commander General Joseph E. Johnston became aware of the engagement, he sent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7E1_james-fort-site-1607-1624_Williamsburg-VA.html
You are about to enter the site of 1607 James Fort, the heart of the first, permanent English settlement in North America. The sections of log walls stand above archaeological remains of the original palisades. The walls enclosed about one acre, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7DY_jamestown-tercentenary-monument_Williamsburg-VA.html
East Side of Monument:Virginia Company of LondonChartered April 10, 1606FoundedJamestownand sustainedVirginia1607 - 1624
North Side of Monument:JamestownThe first permanentcolony of theEnglish people.The birthplace ofVirginiaand ofthe United St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7DF_samuel-h-yonge-civil-engineer-1843-1935_Williamsburg-VA.html
Near this location in 1901, Samuel H. Yongee, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spearheaded the design and construction of a seawall/revetment that halted the rapid erosion and loss into the James River of the most-historic p…