Jamestown, Virginia
My son’s fourth grade class went on an all day trip to Jamestown yesterday. We had a great time learning about the history and importance of the first settlers of our country…great timing since Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I am not sure if I had ever been to Jamestown before. I recommend it as a great day trip from Washington DC. There are a ton of neat things to do and learn in a small area…everything from how the settlers, Indians, and African slaves lived to how the boats navigated the Atlantic to get there in the first place.
We also went to Yorktown which is just 30 minutes up the road and learned about the Revolutionary war which ended at the Battle of Yorktown. We walked on some pretty hallowed grounds where George Washington, Lord Cornwallis and others stood!
More pix after the jump.
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