Jamestown

It was pouring rain the morning we visited Jamestown, but we still were able to make the most of this historic place.  Jamestown is the site of the first British colony.  I have to say, it was pretty crazy to look out at the waters of the James River and think that John Smith and Pocahontas did the same thing at the same place, hundreds of years ago.

Our day started with a bald eagle sighting just as we arrived at the national park.  As you can see in the photos below, he had just caught a fish and was trying to eat it.  The photos are dark because it was pouring at the time.

Actual pottery recovered at the site. 

The church. 

Pocahontas statue. 

Part of the church burned during a revolt in the 1700's.  You can still see the marks on the brick. 

Site of the first landing. 

James Smith statue. 

"Firing" the cannon. 

Statue remembering the Virginia Company. 

Jamestowne ruins. 

Burned out mansion.  This home was built in the early 1700's and burned during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War.  After the Civil War, the family decided not to rebuild. 

On the shore of the James River.