Laserfiche WebLink
<br />[ JAMESTO\VN & <br />YORKTO\VN <br />[ ~ 'Nearby Jamestown and Yorktown <br />were home to some of the first British <br />, settlements. Today, a high-tech gallery <br /> at the Jamestown Visitor Center displa.ys <br />L an engaging portrait of the cultures that <br />converged here from 1607 to 1699-Nlltive <br /> American, British wd Mriean. LookEor <br />L the only reliable image of Pocahontas, <br />quite different from the Disney vcrs,ion, <br /> and an interactive film about the slave <br />lJ trade. Outside the center, in a recreated <br />Powhatan Indian village, "settlers" (aka. <br />interpreters) are planting crops, processing <br />~ hides and weaving fishing nets. The three <br />sailing ships docked on 'the river are full- <br />size replicas of the on~s t~at carried the <br />L colonists to Virginia in 1607. <br />Twelve miles from William~burg, <br />the Yorktown Victory Center was built <br /> on the site of the last battle between <br />[~ the colonialists and the British. Head to the <br />shops and restaurants at nearby Riverwalk, <br /> or sail on the 10$-foot schooner Alliance, <br />l~ ';vhich cruises the York River with an old- <br />time waterman who recounts his stories. $ <br />L r.....~ ~ :'1 <br /> , il U <br />00 ;j SPRING 2011 0 ~ <br />