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Thinking about Thanksgiving…

By Mark

Jamestown

The whole of the United States has Thanksgiving on the mind over this long weekend, and the Southeast is no exception.

That said, the occasional deliberately-thinking Southerner will tell you – usually in hushed tones – that a thanksgiving celebration took place in the Jamestown settlement near the mouth of Virginia’s James River more than a decade before the Plymouth Puritans were feasting up north. Now cultural myths are near-impossible to debunk, so we won’t even try.

But, the Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum that makes a great travel destination. You can check out the museum’s main brochure here.

The area, east of Petersburg and northwest of Hampton and Newport News, has quite a few other attractions including Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, the Yorktown Victory Center, plus tons of shopping. A visit to Jamestown, Williamsburg, and the surrounding area is a perfect getaway with the kids, and is also a popular field trip destination for schools across North Carolina and Virginia.

If you’d like to know more, don’t hesitate to drop us a line!

And thanks to the Jamestown Settlement website for the photo!

Remember:

Relax…you can get there from here!

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