A Little Walk Through History

We ventured to Jamestown this time around for a field trip to experience what it was like for the English settlers to travel to the coast of Virginia and setup the first permanent colony.

Love trying the armor out for size

Before studying about Jamestown, we read about the attempts of the English to establish a colony off the cost of North Carolina. This was all new to me. It’s called the “lost colony” at Roanoke Island and it’s located in the present day Outer Banks area. Several attempts were made by the English to setup the Roanoke colony, but they found themselves to be “unwelcome visitors” to the area as the Indians eventually fought back to claim the land that they had occupied for a very long time prior to the English showing up. A number of Englishman died in this fight and eventually they gave up and headed up further north to colonize in Jamestown.

It was amazing to me the wealth of information that one can dig into as I walked the girls through the age of exploration and then into the settlement period. Not only is there a ton of information in books, the Jamestown exhibits were overflowing with a wealth of information. As we walked through the museum there was just so much to read. We tried to drink in as much as we could through the museum and then when our eyes had their fill with reading, we ventured to the replicas of the Indian Villages and Fort area. There were also replicas of the boats that the Englishman traveled on as they arrived into Jamestown.

 

Godspeed, Susan Constant, & Discovery Ships
 

Church within the Colony



Love learning how to make a rope by winding stray together
 

A boat being made by burning out the inside of a tree

This walk through history was another beautiful reminder of God's provision over our Country down through the years. As Thanksgiving nears, we can be grateful for God's grace and all the bountiful blessings that He provides day after day.