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    Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  1. Jamestown tour and Spanish wines coming up June 20

    Historic Jamestowne and La Tienda are sponsoring a joint walking tour and wine reception on Thursday, June 20.
    Historic Jamestowne and La Tienda are sponsoring a joint walking tour and wine reception on Thursday, June 20. At “Jamestown — The Spanish Story Revealed,” participants will take a walking tour of the James Fort site and learn how...

    Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

    2. Jun 3, 2013 | Daily Press

  2. Digging among the dead at Jamestown

    When you're digging in and around a churchyard that reaches back 400 years, you can expect to uncover more than the usual number of 6-foot-long ovals or rectangles  signaling the presence of a grave shaft.
    When you're digging in and around a churchyard that reaches back 400 years, you can expect to uncover more than the usual number of 6-foot-long ovals or rectangles  signaling the presence of a grave shaft. And in 20 years of probing the ground in and...

    Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

    3. May 28, 2013 | Daily Press

  3. Mystery pipe washes up at Fort Wool

    Hampton History Museum curator J. Michael Cobb has seen a lot of unusual objects wash up at historic Fort Wool during nearly three decades as the chief caretaker of the tiny island.
    Hampton History Museum curator J. Michael Cobb has seen a lot of unusual objects wash up at historic Fort Wool during nearly three decades as the chief caretaker of the tiny island. But when he was handed a small pipe found by a visitor on the jetty...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Fort Monroe, College of William and Mary, Hampton Roads, White House

    4. May 22, 2013 | Daily Press

  4. Questions and answers for Jamestown cannibalism case

    Few archaeological finds have been as sensational as the first physical evidence of cannibalism unearthed at Historic Jamestowne in 2012 and announced in a riveting press conference at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History on May 1.
    Few archaeological finds have been as sensational as the first physical evidence of cannibalism unearthed at Historic Jamestowne in 2012 and announced in a riveting press conference at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History on...

    Tags: Cannibalism, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Museum of Natural History

    5. May 7, 2013 | Daily Press

  5. Jamestown cannibalism expert has worked here before

    Famed Smithsonian Institution forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley, whose study of cannibalism and Native American scalping rituals made him indispensable to confirming the first physical evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown last week, has contributed to Hampton Roads history many times before.
    Famed Smithsonian Institution forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley, whose study of cannibalism and Native American scalping rituals made him indispensable to confirming the first physical evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown last week, has contributed...

    Tags: Cannibalism, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Smithsonian Institution

    6. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say

    The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true.
    The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...

    Tags: Cannibalism, Colonial Williamsburg, Culture, Arts and Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

    7. May 1, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. Scientists find cannibalism at American settlement in Jamestown

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    Scientists say they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists survived harsh conditions by resorting to cannibalism. On Wednesday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and...

    Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Research, Culture, Arts and Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

    8. Jan 18, 2013 | Daily Press

  8. Sen. Miller wants funds to restore Jamestown Church

    Sen. John Miller, D-Newport News, has asked the General Assembly to include $100,000 in its budget amendments to help preserve the 350-year-old Jamestown Church Tower. The church tower is one of the last remaining original structures from Virginia's...

    Tags: Human Interest, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Finance, John C. Miller, Economy, Business and Finance

    9. Jul 4, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  9. Filling in the blanks at James Fort

    When a place reaches as far back as Jamestown, the dirt can teem with secrets. Nearly every time archaeologists open a hole on this ancient stretch of riverfront land, they find a jumbled puzzle of subterranean clues reflecting every change that has...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Animals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Smith, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

    10. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  10. Early Jamestown had way with mud

    More than 400 years after America’s first permanent English settlement rose from the ground, archaeologists are combining local clay, loam and black needle rush grass in an experimental effort to recreate the unique method used to construct some...

    Tags: John Smith, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Archaeology

    11. Jul 28, 2009 |Story| WTVR-LTV

  11. Greg McQuade

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    Greetings! I remember watching newscasts in Boston as a youngster and saying to myself, 'Now THAT is something I want to do." From very early on I knew I wanted to be in the news biz. In my high school year book you will find "News Broadcaster" under...

    Tags: BBC, History, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Democratic National Conventions

    12. Jun 20, 2011 |Story| Daily Press

  12. Free admission to Historic Jamestowne and Yorktown Battlefield

    In celebration of the official first day of summer, the National Park Service is waiving fees at all national parks Tuesday, June 21.
    Daily Press
    In celebration of the official first day of summer, the National Park Service is waiving fees at all national parks Tuesday, June 21. Locally, fees will be waived at Colonial National Historical Park, which includes Historic Jamestowne and Yorktown...

    Tags: Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure, National Parks, Travel, Gardens and Parks

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