Category: Local

Jamestown

Jamestown VA – May 2021

Jamestown, site of the first English settlement in the New World, 1607. This is a museum with good exhibits about early 17th century life at Jamestown.
Indian huts.
The Susan Constant (replica).
The Godspeed and Discovery (replicas).
Susan Constant interior.
Susan Constant interior.
Susan Constant interior.
Inside the Jamestown fort.
Supplies.
Tobacco hanging to be cured.
Musket demonstration.
The church.
In the church, this means “God and my right”.
A few miles from the Jamestown Museum is the actual site of the original Jamestown colony an fort.
Monument to Jamestown.
Redoubt inside the fort.
Cemetery.
Church.
In the floor of the church, the tomb of a knight that dates back to 1617.
Statue of Captain John Smith.
Statue of Pocahontas.
Site of the actual 1607 landing at the future Jamestown.

Berkeley/Plantations

Charles City County VA – May 2021

Berkely Plantation

Berkeley Plantation is one of the most historic homes in America. It was the sight of the first Thanksgiving, in 1619.

It was the site of the first Whiskey Distillery in the New World in 1621.

One of the first Ship Yards in the New World.

The 18-gun Man Of War was constructed here for the Revolutionary War.

Berkeley was the home of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the father of William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the US (1841), who was born here in 1773. Also the great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the US (1889-1893).

“Taps” was composed here in 1862.

President Abraham Lincoln landed here in 1862 to confer with General McClellan and to view the troops.

Memorial to the first Thanksgiving.
Whiskey Distillery exhibit.

Greenway Plantation

This is the birthplace of John Tyler, 10th president of the US (1841-1845). Greenway is a private residence and not open to the public.

Sherwood Forest Plantation

It is considered the longest A-frame house in America.

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington VA – March 2021

Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Grave of President William Howard Taft, 27th president of the US (1909-1913), and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-1930).
Grave of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the US (1961-1963).
Supreme Court Justices graves.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Admiral Rickover was the “Father of the Nuclear Navy”.
Omar Bradley was out last 5-star general.
Alexander Haig served as President Ronald Reagan’s Chief of Staff.
Custis Mansio. This was Robert E. Lee’s house before the Civil War.