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| Jamestown Landing Day | | Saturday, May 10, 2008 | | 9:00 a.m.-5:00p.m. | | Lots of activities happening on this fun-filled day:
--Explore Historic Jametowne’s sites and museums.
--Experience the work of 17th-century glassmakers and iron smelters.
--Discover “The Buried Truth” with archaeologists as they unearth the original 1607 James Fort site.
--Meet early settlers and watch the St. Maries Citty Militia demonstrate firelock drills.
--Become enthralled with stories of the Virginia Indians following their first year of contact with the English.
--Listen to the Early Music Program of 17th-century Europe as a contrast of the refinements left behind in England compared to the harsh realities of living in the New World.
--Virginia Indian Presentation.
--Gather for a special ceremony with descendants of Virginia Indians and Jamestown colonists to commemorate the peoples present at Jamestown’s founding.
Jointly sponsored by the National Park Service and APVA Preservation Virginia. |
| | Cost: Entrance fee |
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| | | 2008 Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Sites List To Be Announced | | Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | | 10:00 a.m. | | APVA Preservation Virginia is poised to announce this year’s List of Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Sites on the banks of the James River at Historic Jamestowne. 2008 marks the eighth annual Most Endangered Historic Sites list, a product of the Endangered Sites program. The list is determined annually by a statewide committee overseen by the APVA.
The purpose of this crucial list is to raise awareness of and build support for threatened historic, archaeological and cultural resources that include buildings, structures, districts, cultural landscapes and archaeological sites. Threats to these resources may include but are not limited to neglect, abandonment, urban sprawl and inappropriate zoning.
"Despite a great deal of progress in the preservation movement throughout Virginia, the threat to the Commonwealth’s historic resources continues to grow. The sites on this year's list embody the diversity and complexity of Virginia's story and the variety of threats that endanger it," said Elizabeth Kostelny, APVA Executive Director. |
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| | Contact: | APVA Director of Marketing and Public Relations Tina Calhoun
804-648-1889, x-316
tcalhoun@apva.org |
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