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‘A Colonial Christmas’ Explores Historical Holiday Traditions
Posted on November 26, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., November 25, 2014—History makes the holidays fun at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center during “A Colonial Christmas,” December 1, 2014, through January 4, 2015. The month-long event explores 17th- and 18th-century holiday traditions with interpretive programs and, beginning December 20, musical entertainment of the period. The two living-history museums tell
Read Full Post‘Foods & Feasts’ Holiday Event Serves Up Colonial Cooking Methods at Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Victory Center
Posted on November 12, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., November 12, 2014 — Savor the Thanksgiving holiday by exploring centuries-old cooking and preservation methods during Jamestown Settlement’s and Yorktown Victory Center’s “Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia,” November 27-29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This annual three-day event begins on Thanksgiving Day. At Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia, discover how fo
Read Full PostRedesigned Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Website Debuts
Posted on November 7, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., November 7, 2014 – Easy navigation, integration of social media and responsive design are hallmarks of a new generation of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation website, hif.ciniva.net, launched this fall. The Foundation is a Virginia state agency that administers Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums and conducts outreach education programs in public sch
Read Full PostGodspeed Heading to Urbanna for Education Programs, Oyster Festival
Posted on October 27, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 27, 2014 – Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed is setting sail November 2 for Urbanna, where the ship will host education programs on November 6 and participate in the Urbanna Oyster Festival November 7 and 8. The Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, is a featured exhibit at the U
Read Full PostNancy McNerney Joins Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board
Posted on October 21, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 21, 2014 – Nancy Robertson McNerney of McLean was appointed by Virginia Governor Terence R. McAuliffe for a term through June 2018 to the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums and conducts outreach education programs in public schools across the state.
Read Full PostAmerica’s Historic Triangle Heralds in the Holiday Season
Posted on October 17, 2014, by admin
Festive fun in every corner of Jamestown-Williamsburg-Yorktown region WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 17, 2014 —Cherish holiday memories and family moments this season in America’s Historic Triangle, where a year-round vacation package allows visitors to take in living-history programs and festive events that delve into the stories of the nation’s beginnings – the 1607 founding at Jamestown of America
Read Full PostAmerica’s Decisive Revolutionary War Victory Celebrated October 18-19 at Yorktown Victory Center, Yorktown Battlefield and Historic Yorktown
Posted on October 3, 2014, by admin
YORKTOWN, Va., October 3, 2014 — The 233rd anniversary of America’s decisive Revolutionary War victory at Yorktown will be marked with a variety of engaging hands-on military interpretive programs and tours on Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19, at the Yorktown Victory Center and Yorktown Battlefield. A patriotic parade and commemorative ceremony will be held on Sunday, October 19 – Yorktown D
Read Full PostPeter Firstbrook to Speak on ‘A Man Most Driven’ October 14 at Jamestown Settlement
Posted on October 3, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 3, 2014 – Author and acclaimed documentary filmmaker Peter Firstbrook will speak in Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation Theater at 3 p.m., Tuesday, October 14, on the exploits and accomplishments of Captain John Smith, the subject of his new book, “A Man Most Driven.” Smith had an instrumental role in the survival of the early 17th-century English colony at Jamesto
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Halloween Season Brings ‘Family Frights’ to Jamestown Settlement
Posted on October 3, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 2, 2014 – “Family Frights at Jamestown Settlement,” a Halloween-theme museum night for elementary-school-age children, debuts Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25. Trick-or-treating, ghostly tales, grizzly games and a spooky straw maze are among activities offered from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on both dates. A costume parade begins at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Sound effects, sm
Read Full PostRevolutionary War Lecture Series Returns to Yorktown Victory Center This Fall
Posted on September 8, 2014, by admin
YORKTOWN, Va., September 8, 2014 – The Yorktown Victory Center will host a series of free public lectures with a Revolutionary War theme on Tuesday evenings this fall, with guest scholars speaking at 7 p.m., September 30, October 7 and 28, and November 4 in the museum’s Richard S. Reynolds Foundation Theater. September 30 – “Why Yorktown: A Geologic Perspective.” Dr. Gerald H. Johnson, Coll
Read Full Post‘Community Day: On the Riverfront’ September 20 Highlights Opening Weekend of ‘Chesapeake Log Canoe’ Exhibition
Posted on September 3, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., September 3, 2014 — Hear chantey singers, scrape out a Powhatan-style canoe and discover the life of a modern waterman during “Community Day: On the Riverfront,” September 20 at Jamestown Settlement history museum. The event celebrates the opening of “Working and Racing on the Bay: The Chesapeake Log Canoe,” a special exhibition presented in partnership with The Mariners’ Museum
Read Full PostEvolution Of Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe Featured in Jamestown Settlement Exhibition in Partnership With The Mariners’ Museum
Posted on September 3, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., September 3, 2014 — A new special exhibition, “Working and Racing on the Bay: The Chesapeake Log Canoe,” will open at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia history and culture, on September 19, 2014. Curated by The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Va., and featuring objects from its collection, the yearlong exhibition will trace the evolution of the dugout can
Read Full PostNational Firm Selected to Fabricate Gallery Exhibits for American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Posted on September 2, 2014, by admin
YORKTOWN, Va., September 2, 2014 – Permanent gallery exhibits for the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, replacing the Yorktown Victory Center by late 2016, will be fabricated and installed by Design and Production Incorporated (D&P), a nationally prominent firm based in Lorton. The $9.4 million contract was awarded to D&P by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency
Read Full PostJamestown Settlement, Yorktown Victory Center Offer ‘Homeschool Program Days’ September 6-21
Posted on August 26, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., August 26, 2014 – As the traditional school year gets underway, homeschool families can enjoy history lessons at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia, and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution, with special admission and hands-on programs and family tours available September 6-21. The two museums are administered by the Jamestown-Yor
Read Full PostAltria Group, Inc., Supports Inaugural Special Exhibition at Future American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Posted on August 5, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., August 5, 2014 – Altria Group, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, has made a grant of $200,000 to support development of the inaugural special exhibition at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. The exhibition is expected to open approximately a year after completion of the new museum in late 2016. “The Altria grant is the first designated for the new museum’s special exh
Read Full PostJamestown-Yorktown Foundation Hosts Seventh Consecutive Summer Teacher Institute
Posted on July 10, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., July 10, 2014 – Eighteen Virginia educators will take part in the 2014 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Summer Teacher Institute July 13-18 at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums. Correlated with the Virginia Standards of Learning and national curriculum objectives, the institute emphasizes interactive, inquiry-based methods of teaching American history
Read Full Post1776 Printing of Virginia Declaration of Rights Acquired for American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Posted on July 1, 2014, by admin
YORKTOWN, Va., July 1, 2014 – A rare newspaper printing of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, a precursor of the United States Declaration of Independence, has been acquired for the future American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, replacing the Yorktown Victory Center by late 2016. The June 12, 1776, issue of The Pennsylvania Gazette containing the Virginia Declaration will be exhibited in the new
Read Full PostClifford Fleet Named to Lead Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc.; Brian Fields Joins Board of Directors
Posted on June 24, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 24, 2014 – Clifford B. Fleet of Richmond succeeds Sue H. Gerdelman of Williamsburg on July 1 as president of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc., the not-for-profit entity that coordinates private fundraising to benefit programs of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums.
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Staff, Volunteers Honored for Service, Merit
Posted on June 17, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 17, 2014 – The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the state agency that administers Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center living-history museums, recently recognized 60 employees for reaching service milestones and 128 individuals for commitment to the Foundation’s volunteer program. The Foundation also presented merit awards to three employees at a June 4 event.
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Three Days of Patriotic Fun July 4-6 at Yorktown Victory Center’s ‘Liberty Celebration’
Posted on June 16, 2014, by admin
YORKTOWN, Va., June 16, 2014 — Salute the 238th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence during “Liberty Celebration,” July 4-6, at the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all three days, visitors can observe tactical and artillery drills, take part in a variety of military exercises, and learn about the challenges that faced our nation’s
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Delegates Greason, Knight, Ware Named to Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board
Posted on June 13, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 13, 2014 – Virginia Delegates Thomas A. Greason of Ashburn, Barry D. Knight of Virginia Beach and R. Lee Ware, Jr., of Powhatan have been appointed by House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell to the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums and conducts o
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‘Party on the Pier’ June 20 at Jamestown Settlement
Posted on June 10, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 10, 2014 — “Party on the Pier” will be held at Jamestown Settlement on Friday, June 20, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit educational programs of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and its museums, Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. All-inclusive tickets are now on sale and include dinner and live entertainment on the ships’ pier. Against the back
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Acquires One of Earliest Known Portraits of an African Enslaved in the Colonies
Posted on June 6, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 6, 2014 – The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums, has acquired a previously unknown oil portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, a freeborn, educated African who was kidnapped in Africa and sold as a slave in Maryland during the colonial era. Before taking its place as a centerpiece
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Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed Heading to Norfolk for Annual Harborfest Event
Posted on May 27, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 27, 2014 – The Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, will participate in the 38th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® June 6-8, leading tall ships in a parade of sail that starts in Hampton Roads at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 6. The ship will be docked at Norfolk’s Waterside Marina throughout th
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Delve Into Dress of Colonial Virginia in June
Posted on May 23, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 23, 2014 — Clothing, from single thread to whole garment, will be the focus of interpretive programs during “Fashion in Colonial Virginia” month, June 1-30 at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center. Together, the two living-history museums tell the story of the nation’s colonial beginnings, from the arrival of America’s first permanent English colonists in 1607 to
Read Full PostSPECIAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT 2011 ENGAGE VISITORS
Posted on May 14, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Beginning with a “From Africa to Virginia” theme in February, Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center offer an array of commemorative special events and family-friendly themed interpretive programs throughout 2011, as well as seven public lectures presented by leading scholars. The two year-round living-history museums tell the story of America’s beginnings, fro
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Peter Armstrong Named Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Senior Director of Museum Operations and Education
Posted on May 2, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 2, 2014 – Peter Armstrong, an internationally known leader in the museum profession, will join the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums, on May 7 as senior director of museum operations and education. He fills the position held by the late Joseph A. Gutierrez, Jr. Armstrong, w
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407th Anniversary of America’s First Permanent English Colony Observed May 10 at Historic Jamestowne & Jamestown Settlement
Posted on April 22, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 22, 2014 — On Saturday, May 10, Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement will mark the 407th anniversary of the 1607 founding in Virginia of America’s first permanent English settlement. “Jamestown Day” features Historic Jamestowne’s ongoing archaeological discoveries of the 1607 fort and one of Jamestown Settlement’s ships sailing in the James River. A variety of f
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Herbert Kelly, Thomas Tullidge Elected to Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc., Board
Posted on March 28, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 28, 2014 – Herbert V. Kelly, Jr., of Newport News and Thomas H. Tullidge, Jr., of Richmond were elected to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors for terms through June 30, 2017, and June 30, 2016, respectively. The Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit entity that coordinates fundraising to benefit programs of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Vir
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Historical Gardens & Fields Experience Awaits Visitors at Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Victory Center
Posted on March 27, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 27, 2014 – Spring in Virginia’s Historic Triangle is the season for planting at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center, living-history museums that tell the story of America’s beginnings, and the time for planning a garden-themed trip. Field crops, vegetables and herbs – types grown in the 17th and 18th centuries – are cultivated at Jamestown Settlement’s
Read Full PostSOLDIERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY FALL IN LINE FOR JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT’S ‘MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES’
Posted on March 21, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 5, 2009 – Soldiers throughout history will descend upon the grounds of Jamestown Settlement history museum for its time-honored Military Through the Ages event on March 21 and 22. In the course of one weekend – from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday – visitors will experience the past and present in a unique chronological display of military history as more than 3
Read Full PostYORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER TO HOST AMERICAN REVOLUTION LECTURE APRIL 10
Posted on March 20, 2014, by admin
YORKTOWN, Va., March 20, 2014 – A public lecture at the Yorktown Victory Center at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 10, will consider the fate of Loyalists during the American Revolution. Holger Hoock, the J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh, will present “‘The Tyranny of the People’: A Loyalist Perspective on the American Revolut
Read Full Post‘MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES’ AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT OFFERS UNIQUE GLIMPSE OF MILITARY HISTORY ON MARCH 15-16
Posted on March 15, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., February 21, 2008 – More than 300 re-enactors depicting soldiers from the eleventh century through modern times converge at Jamestown Settlement for the 25th annual “Military Through the Ages,” Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the course of one weekend, visitors will experience the past and present in a unique chronological display of military hist
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50 Young People to be Recognized as U.S. Citizens in March 22 Ceremony at Jamestown Settlement
Posted on March 11, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 11, 2014 – A Citizenship Ceremony for children of recently naturalized United States citizens will be held on Saturday, March 22, at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia. The event is hosted by the Williamsburg Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in partnership with U.S. Citizenship
Read Full Post‘MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES’ TO FEATURE RE-ENACTORS, MUSIC, ARTILLERY, CIVIL WAR 150 HISTORYMOBILE
Posted on February 26, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., February 26, 2014 — Hundreds of re-enactors depicting armed forces from the first century A.D. to modern times will come together for one weekend on Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16, for the 30th anniversary of Jamestown Settlement’s “Military Through the Ages” event. This chronological display of military history, held each year at Jamestown Settlement since 1984, will f
Read Full PostJAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER OFFER SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES
Posted on February 12, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – A special ticket for homeschool families will be available February 26 through March 5 for admission to Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia, and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution. The two museums are administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. At $10.50 per family member, th
Read Full Post2014 SPECIAL PROGRAMS EXPLORE VARIETY OF HISTORICAL TOPICS, ENHANCE DAILY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Posted on January 31, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 31, 2014 – From emphasis on early American fashion, weapons and food to the story of how canoes of the Chesapeake Bay region evolved from single- to multi-log watercraft, special programs at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center in 2014 present a vibrant portrayal of life in the 17th and 18th centuries. The two state-operated living-histo
Read Full Post‘FROM AFRICA TO VIRGINIA’ IS FEBRUARY THEME AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER
Posted on January 24, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 24, 2014 – “From Africa to Virginia” is the theme of interpretive programs throughout February at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums. The culture of the first known Africans in Virginia and the experience of people of African descent in colonial and Revolutionary America is highlighted in the museums’ gallery
Read Full PostADMISSIONS REVENUE UP IN 2013 AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER; VISITATION ON PAR WITH 2012
Posted on January 14, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 14, 2014 – Admissions revenue at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center was up 2.4 percent in 2013, amounting to $5,153,363. Paid visitation at the two living-history museums operated by the state’s Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation was nearly even with 2012, totaling 560,072, a decrease of one-tenth of a percent. The Yorktown Victory
Read Full PostJAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT TO HOST CIVIL WAR 150 HISTORYMOBILE
Posted on January 13, 2014, by admin
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 13, 2014 – The Civil War 150 HistoryMobile is coming to Jamestown Settlement during the museum’s annual Military Through the Ages event March 15 and 16. The exhibit is an initiative of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, which was created by the General Assembly to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in V
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