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4 unusual facts about Jamestown Settlement


Jamestown Settlement

The highlight for many of the nearly 25,000 at the Festival Park on October 16, 1957 was the visit and speech of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort, Prince Philip.

The site was visited by several dignataries, including President George W. Bush and Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the landing at Jamestown in 2007.

Los Haro

Los Haro was first settled by Spanish immigrants over 400 years ago, around the same time that the first English settlements were getting started in North America.

Vision Forum

In 2007, the group organized an alternative celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement, saying that the official celebration did not give enough emphasis to the Christian perspective of the settlers.



see also

John Potts

John Pott (died 1645), 17th-century Colonial Governor of Virginia at the Jamestown settlement