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expect to spend two to three hours enjoy-
ing a unique blend of indoor exhibits and
outdoor re-creations depicting life in the
early 1600s. The Jamestown Settlement
is located at the intersection of Virginia
Route 31 and the Colonial Parkway.
After touring Jamestown, continue
on to Colonial Williamsburg where you
will be stepping back in time to the 18th
century. Visitors to America’s largest
living history museum get to experience
daily colonial life during a time when
Williamsburg was a powerful center
of politics, commerce and culture. At
Colonial Williamsburg you can explore
more than 500 original and reconstructed
public buildings, private homes, taverns
and shops as well as the Governor’s Place.
You can watch how things were done in
Photo courtesy of Virginia Tourism
the early 18th century and talk with peo-
Slave house on Shirley Plantation, Virginia’s first plantation located on the
ple dressed and acting like people of that
James River in Charles City Virginia.
time. You can also participate in activities
that allow you to experience colonial life
Nassau Street established by a Black feel for early life is the Williamsburg Inn,
firsthand.
preacher named Gowan Pamphlett in where you can visit the Spa of Colonial
Slavery was very much a part of
1793. It was the first church for free Williamsburg for a rejuvenation of the
Williamsburg. It was the foundation of
Blacks and slaves and was then the only body and spirit. At the Spa, you can
Virginia’s agricultural system and essen-
Baptist church in Williamsburg. First choose from a wide range of treatments,
tial to its economic viability. The slaves
Baptist Church moved to its current loca- inspired by more than four centuries of
helped with the building and construc-
tion to Scotland Street in 1957. The con- wellness practice. For unique dining expe-
tion of the city. While touring Colonial
gregation still honors the memory of its riences, you may as well try fine dining
Williamsburg, be sure to visit the site
founder Gowan Pamphlet to this day.
of the first African Baptist Church on
A great place to lodge to really get a
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