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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/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/HM1I3P_sir-christopher-wren-building_Williamsburg-VA.html
This first building at the College of William and Mary is the oldest college building in the United States. According to an 18th-century author, it was "first modeled by Sir Christopher Wren, adapted to the Nature of the Country by the Gentlemen t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I3B_the-public-gaol_Williamsburg-VA.html
This was Virginia's chief prison which housed debtors and criminals and served as the jail for the General Court in the nearby Capitol. Here Blackbeard's pirates, captured in 1718, were confined until the day of their hanging. Leg irons, an exerci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I28_presbyterian-meetinghouse_Williamsburg-VA.html
After receiving permission from the county court, a small group of Presbyterians began worshipping here in 1765. Besides Bruton Parish Church, this meetinghouse was the only authorized place of worship in Williamsburg before the American Revolutio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H98_battle-of-williamsburg_Williamsburg-VA.html
As the May 5, 1862, Battle of Williamsburg raged along the Bloody Ravine and in front of Fort Magruder, the Union commander sought to turn the flank of the Confederate defenses. Gen. Joseph Hooker was convinced that the right flank was unoccupied …
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