Jamestown Day 2022
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During my time at Aragona Elementary School in Aragona Village we visited the Jamestown settlement and colonial Williamsburg with a stop at the Yorktown battle grounds on a class excursion.
It made for a very interesting day and I was exhausted and happy upon my return. Unfortunately, the black and white photography of the day didn't do the costumes, furniture, and architecture much in the way of fidelity. This stuck with me over the years and has affected those art objects I include in the blog.
Jamestown Island is a historic site which also sports a single private residence. There are actors there portraying the colonists in period costumes performing period tasks like gardening, blacksmithing, canning foods, operating a smokehouse, barrel making, military duties, among all the other requirements of the era.
The settlement was founded in 1607. The present day iteration is an impressive museum of 17th century Virginia history and culture.
My memories have assured a return visit should the opportunity ever arise.