This year is the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America. Today we visited Jamestown Settlement, a re-creation of the types of buildings that existed in the original Jamestown Colony. They also have re-creations of the three ships that carried the colonists from England, as well as examples of the buildings that the native Americans were using at the time.
This is the largest ship of the fleet - the Susan Constant.
The smallest ship, the Discovery.
The Godspeed.
A sign showing the route that the ships took to cross the Atlantic.
They chose a small island in the James River (named for King James) and built a fort for defense against the possibility of an attack by the Spanish or the Indians. The houses they built were similar to those that they had left back in England.
This is the pulpit inside the church.
The armory where weapons were stored.
The blacksmith shop. Not all blacksmiths were men.
The steps in making a nail from a piece of square stock.
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