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Category Archives: Historic Jamestown
We Celebrate Our 15th Anniversary and Receive A Report on the Society’s Meetings
First California Company celebrated our 15th anniversary at the 2014 Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 28 at the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club. Four charter members were present among the 38 members and guests, including Martha Pace Gresham, our Organizing Governor. Governor Ginny … Continue reading
A Message from Governor Ginny Gotlieb
The Jamestowne Society’s annual Governors’ Roundtable and Council Meeting in Williamsburg May 16-17 had record attendance, a good program, and much conviviality (the program is summarized below.) Five new companies were chartered, confirming the vitality and dispersed growth of the Society. The Governors met Friday to … Continue reading
Historic Jamestown’s 400th Wedding Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony
Thanks to our friend Jane Crallé Congdon (another Pocahontas descendant), who sent us this message: Below is the link for the Colonial Williamsburg video of the Pocahontas/Rolfe wedding anniversary reenactment held ( 3 times) on Saturday, April 5, 2014, anniversary date … Continue reading
A Pocahontas/Rolfe Descendant Attends Her Ancestors’ 400th Wedding Anniversary
Our First California Company member, Scarlett Stahl, is a descendant of Pocahontas and John Rolfe and attended Historic Jamestown’s April 5 commemoration and reenactment on their 400th wedding anniversary. She describes her experience in her article published in micechat.com and includes … Continue reading
We Will Commemorate the 400th Wedding Anniversary of Pocahontas and John Rolfe On March 2
First California Company has invited all Society companies and members in California, Nevada and Arizona to join us in commemorating the 400th wedding anniversary of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. This luncheon meeting will be held on Sunday, March 2nd at 1 PM at … Continue reading
After 20 Years, It’s About Time
In the shadow of the debacle of the federal shutdown, the Virginia House of Delegates has commended archeologist Bill Kelso for his accomplishments with the discoveries at Historic Jamestown, as reported by the Virginia Gazette. 2014 will mark the 20th … Continue reading
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Preserving Our Ancestral Heritage
Jamestown Rediscovery is preserving important evidence of our ancestral heritage with completion of phase I of the repair and restoration of the 17th century church bell tower. The deteriorated masonry at the top of the structure that posed extreme risk … Continue reading
Found: America’s First English Garden…or Was It a Farm?
Perhaps those first settlers weren’t so “lazy,” after all, belying what some historians have been telling us for many decades. In exploring the first extension to James Fort, Jamestown Rediscovery has recently uncovered evidence of their first attempts at agriculture … Continue reading
Progress on Church Bell Tower Restoration
We are updating our posts of December 6, 2012 and May 11, 2013 with this progress report on the restoration of the 17th century church bell tower. The need for the repairs and restoration is much more clearly seen in … Continue reading
Our New Councilors and Web Site Update
Governor Ginny Gotlieb has appointed our long-time members Sandy and Scott Krutilek of Moorpark as Councilors to join past Governor Joanne Howell Murphy. Scott ably served in the past as Lieutenant Governor and Treasurer, and Sandy has served as our … Continue reading
History of the Church Bell Tower
Following up on our December 12 post announcing our contribution to the Jamestown Church Bell Tower Fund, the Jamestown Rediscovery Newsletter has published a History of the Church Tower in its appeal for funding to help preserve and restore the 17th … Continue reading