Virginia

Near the site of the original colony, Jamestown Settlement tells the story of 17th-century Virginia, from the arrival of English colonists in Jamestown in 1607 to the cultural encounters and events that planted the seeds of a new nation. I could not resist telling almost everyone we spoke to (which luckily for the sanity of our children was not too many people) that one the houses we had owned back in England was built in 1604 – three years before this settlement was established.

The State of Virginia, or more correctly the Commonwealth of Virginia has had a major role on the course of US history. It is here that Jamestown, the first permanent settlement in the original Thirteen Colonies, was established. So, in our journeys through the state it would been remiss of us not to spend a goodly amount of time exploring the historical heritage of Virginia. One such place of pilgrimage is Colonial Williamsburg.