THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Monday, May 14, 2007
JAMESTOWN DAY
Three very small ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, sailed
crew and passengers called Jamestown on this day in 1607.
aboard the restored ships, you would wonder how anyone could have
survived that historic trip in such tiny, cramped quarters. We can
only assume that some of us had ancestors who were very, very short.
This hearty group of Virginia Company settlers was chartered by
group was led by Captain John Smith of Pocahontas fame and Christopher
Newport.
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in what is now
the United States. It became the capital of Virginia and remained so
through 1699.
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