| "We had built and finished our fort,
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| | 2007 the Civil War's most famous sea
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| which was triangle-wise, having three
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| | battle comes back to roaring life at the
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| bulwarks at every corner like a
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| | Mariners' Museum's USS Monitor
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| half-moon," George Percy wrote several
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| | Exhibition. The ironclads, the Union's
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| months after 104 English men and boys had
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| | Monitor and the Confederate's Merrimac,
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| disembarked on a swampy island on the
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| | flung cannon balls that bounced off each
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| James River in Virginia on May 13, 1607.
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| | other as harmless as ping pong balls. You
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| That first year only 38 would survive
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| | will see all this in the Battle Theatre
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| diseases, brackish water, Indian raids
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| | with the floor reverberating to the
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| and starvation, never imagining they had
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| | sounds of gunfire. Later you can view
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| founded a new nation or that 400 years
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| | remains of the Monitor (which sank a few
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| later their achievement would be
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| | months after the inconclusive battle in a
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| celebrated in a series of concerts,
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| | sudden Atlantic squall) on display,
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| exhibitions and new attractions in
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| | including the turret, anchor and even
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| Virginia under the banner, "Jamestown
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| | mustard bottles (used by the crew to
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| 2007."As the English settlers were
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| | disguise the taste of un-refrigerated
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| sailing toward the New World, the wildly
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| | meats). The Mariner's Museum is located
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| erratic and wildly talented artist
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| | in Newport News, VA.The Jamestown
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| Caravaggio had just killed an opponent
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| | Settlement (with re-creations of the
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| over a "foul" call during a tennis match
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| | original Jamestown Fort, an Indian
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| in Rome. Four hundred years later his
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| | village, and of the three ships that
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| massive "Still Life on a Stone Ledge"
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| | delivered the first settlers) has now
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| would be one of the highlights of Old
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| | opened 30,000 feet of new galleries with
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| Masters paintings from the Medici
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| | life-size buildings and exhibits. Here
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| Collection that just opened at the
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| | you can walk through a 1607 London street
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| Muscarelle Museum on the campus of the
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| | scene with the sounds of a horse-drawn
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| College of William & Mary in
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| | carriage clopping toward you on the
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| Williamsburg.A few years later a young
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| | cobblestone street, and then stroll into
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| English girl (name unknown) responded to
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| | a typical Planter's House. Along the way
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| announcements that women were needed as
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| | you will see statues of many historic
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| future wives and mothers for the all-male
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| | figures and artifacts from the three
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| Fort at Jamestown. She packed her limited
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| | cultures that blended on the tiny
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| belongings in a canvas bag and arrived
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| | Jamestown island - English, American
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| with a small group of other
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| | Indian, and African. Later in 2007 "The
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| husband-seeking women in 1619. How could
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| | World of 1607" will open with paintings,
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| she know that one day her hopeful face
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| | antiques and weapons dating back four
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| would greet visitors to the new
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| | centuries will also open at the Jamestown
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| Archaearium (archeology museum) in the
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| | Settlement.This information is from the
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| National Park on Jamestown Island. It had
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| | Virginia Hospitality Suite website - ,
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| been restored by forensic scientists from
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| | written by Hal Gieseking. His former
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| her skull found preserved in mud near the
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| | positions include serving as Consumer
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| Fort. This new museum, now open, offers
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| | Editor of the Reader's Digest's Travel
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| views of more than 1,000 recovered
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| | Holiday magazine and Travel Consultant
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| artifacts bring to life the stories of
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| | for CBS Morning News.
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| how the early settlers lived.On March 9,
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