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DISPATCHA Newsletter of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation • Winter 2009

‘ Company ’ Exhibition Coincides with ’s 400th Anniversary “Jamestown and Bermuda: Vir- sengers survived the disaster, exhibition with the 18th- ginia Company Colonies,” a special built two smaller vessels in century Virginia House of exhibition 1 through Bermuda and in 1610 sailed Burgesses Speaker’s chair 15, 2009, at Jamestown Settlement, will on to Virginia, leaving behind and a 17th-century cedar examine the shared history and links two people. More than two chair from the between ’s first two permanent dozen objects from the Sea of Bermuda. Portraits of colonies in the . Venture underwater archaeo- two British monarchs as- A British presence was established logical site will be exhibited sociated with Virginia and in Bermuda in 1609 when the Sea courtesy of the Bermuda Bermuda – King James Venture, the flagship of a fleet en route Maritime Museum. I and Queen Elizabeth to Jamestown in Virginia, was ship- Virginia and Bermuda II – and two early gover- wrecked. Bermuda commemorates its were initially administered nors – Lord de la Warr, The Forster Chair, circa 1642. 400th anniversary in 2009, two years by the of appointed Lord Governor The Government of Bermuda. after the Jamestown quadricentennial. and later became and Captain General of Beginning with the wreck of the British royal colonies. Today, Virginia by the Virginia from St. John’s Episcopal Church in , upon which Shakespeare’s Bermuda is the oldest self- Company in 1610, and Hampton, Virginia, and St. Peter’s play The Tempest is based, the exhibi- governing British overseas Henry Hamilton, gov- Church in St. George, Bermuda, tion will trace Bermuda’s 400-year territory. Legislative bodies ernor of Bermuda from symbolize the prominent role of the history, highlighting its importance formed in Virginia in 1619 1785 to 1794 – will be Church of England in both colonies. as a strategic location and emergence and Bermuda in 1620 Speaker’s Chair, circa 1735. exhibited. The exhibition as a premier travel destination in the continue to the present Virginia House of Delegates. Silver communion sets will feature items Photo by Pierre Courtois, Library of Virginia, 20th century. The Sea Venture’s pas- and are represented in the Richmond. dating to the , from the Earl Gregg Swem Library of the College of William and Mary in Wil- Generous Gifts Support Education Initiatives, liamsburg related to St. George Tucker, an Public Programs, Acquisitions 18th-century Virginia judge and legal schol- Major gifts and grants total- family foundation and $50,000 from grant will fund the scholarship pro- ar born in Bermuda, ing more than $400,000 in the last Altria Group, Inc., of Richmond. The gram in school districts throughout and examples of quarter of 2008 support Jamestown- elementary school scholarship pro- central and southeastern Virginia. Bermuda-made 17th- King William com- Yorktown Foundation education gram, which served more than 4,500 Altria’s grant will support the and 18th-century munion silver. St. initiatives, public programs, and people in the 2007-08 academic year, program in Richmond City public Peter’s Church, St. cedar furniture and George, Bermuda. acquisition of artifacts for exhibit in provides outreach and on-site educa- schools. silver spoons from museum galleries. tion programs for students and work- The private family founda- the Tucker House in The Jamestown-Yorktown Foun- shops for teachers in Virginia school tion also provided $50,000 for the St. George, Bermuda, the 18th-century dation’s elementary school scholar- districts with significant participation Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation home of St. George Tucker’s brother ship program is the beneficiary of in reduced-fee and free school lunch Summer Teacher Institute and Henry. grants of $100,000 from a private programs. The family foundation $50,000 for acquisition of artifacts continued on page 2 related to the American Revolu- Photo by Angelika Gutierrez, School, Big Island Elementary Bedford County. tion and early national period for exhibit at the Yorktown Victory Private gifts and Center. The weeklong institute for grants support a va- Virginia educators, scheduled for Three Sunday afternoon riety of Jamestown- 12-17 in 2009, features lec- Yorktown Foundation lectures are education programs, tures about 17th- and 18th-century scheduled during including outreach. history, workshops on interactive Left, Foundation teaching techniques, and the op- Jamestown Settlement’s outreach education portunity for participants to work instructor Dorothy From Africa to Virginia Lewis provides alongside Jamestown Settlement students at Big Island and Yorktown Victory Center cos- theme month Elementary School tumed historical interpreters. in . in Bedford County a More than half of a $50,000 hands-on experience during the “Life of a grant from the Robins Foundation Private” program. continued on page 2 Details are on page 6. ‘Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies’ Exhibition continued from page 1 Four Lectures Linked to ‘Virginia The American Revolution, Ameri- Bermuda scenes will come to the ex- Company Colonies’ Exhibition can Civil War and World War II are hibition from Bermuda’s Masterworks A series of public lectures on Saturday evenings, 25, 13, July among conflicts that have involved Foundation. Among them is “Banyan 11 and 8 in Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation Theater will Bermuda because of its crossroads lo- Tree Trunk” by Georgia O’Keeffe, who explore themes related to the “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company cation in the Atlantic and proximity to lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, for part Colonies” special exhibition. The series is sponsored by the Dominion Foun- the North American coast. Examples of her youth and taught art for two dation. of Revolutionary era correspondence summers at the University of Virginia • On , Lucinda Spurling of Afflare Films in Bermuda will show from the Swem Library, a painting in Charlottesville. portions of her production company’s new documentary, The Lion and the depicting a Civil War blockade runner The popularity of both Virginia Mouse … the Story of America and Bermuda, and discuss the making of the film. from The Mariners’ Museum in New- and Bermuda as travel destinations will • On June 13, University of Tennessee Professor of History Lorri Glover, port News, Virginia, and a World War be illustrated with a display of posters co-author of The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways II flyer from the Bermuda National and other promotional materials. and the Fate of America, will provide an overview of the 2008 book, “the tale Archives will be exhibited. Located in Jamestown Settle- of one of the greatest rescue stories in American history,” one that became A late-19th-century watercolor ment’s special exhibition gallery, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s last play The Tempest and ensured England’s painting by Princess Louise, daugh- “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia continued commitment to colonization in the West. ter of Queen Victoria, loaned for the Company Colonies” is funded by • On , University of Rochester Associate Professor of History exhibition by the National Gallery of grants of $25,000 or more from James Michael Jarvis, who received his Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary , depicts Bermuda’s Hamil- City County, the Bank of Bermuda and has written about Bermuda and Virginia history in several publications, ton Harbour. This painting brought Foundation and the Jamestown 400th will present “Sister Colonies: Virginia, Bermuda, and the Beginnings of Bermuda’s unique character to the Commemoration Commission, and English America.” He will discuss how cross-cultural influences shaped a dis- attention of other artists, whose work other donations. tinctly new culture and, through characterizations of Bermuda as a “finite” influenced the development of Ber- The St. George’s Foundation space and Virginia as an “infinite” space, consider how these qualities shaped muda as a travel destination. A selec- worked with the Jamestown-Yorktown settlement pace and patterns into the . tion of paintings by leading American, Foundation to facilitate artifact loans • On , Founder and Creative Director Tom Butterfield of the Canadian and British artists depicting from Bermuda institutions. n Masterworks Foundation and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, will explain why artists like Winslow Homer and Georgia O’Keeffe have been drawn to Bermuda and provide an overview of Bermudian art. His quest to identify and recognize Bermudian artists – famous as well as lesser known – led to the creation of the Masterworks Foundation and the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. All of the lectures begin at 7 p.m., and admission is free. Advance reser- vations are required at (757) 253-4415 or [email protected]. n

Ferguson Enterprises Recognized as Leadership Donor Map of Bermuda, Willem Blaeu, 1633. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation collection.

“Banyan Tree Trunk,” Georgia O’Keeffe, graphite on paper. The Masterworks Foundation and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.

Generous Gifts Support Education Initiatives continued from page 1 of Richmond will bring outreach Carr supported the exhibition with a education programs to students in the $5,000 gift. The Dominion Founda- greater Richmond area, including the tion, the philanthropic arm of Domin- cities of Richmond and Petersburg ion Resources, provided $10,000 to and Henrico County. A portion of the fund the exhibition lecture series and Robins Foundation grant supports the $10,000 for the Jamestown-Yorktown “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Foundation, Inc., Annual Fund, which Company Colonies” special exhibi- provides unrestricted support for arti- tion opening at Jamestown Settlement fact acquisition, collection care, special . exhibitions and museum educational The federal Jamestown 400th programming. Commemoration Commission pro- The Camp family foundations of vided $75,000 for legacy educational Franklin gave $12,500 for outreach programs at Jamestown Settlement, in- education programs in Franklin City Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., was recognized for its contribution as a leader- cluding the “Jamestown and Bermuda” and Southampton County schools, ex- ship donor to “The Campaign for Jamestown Settlement, 1607-2007” at exhibition and future lecture series, re- hibit technology, and the Annual Fund. a breakfast reception in Jamestown Settlement’s Ferguson lated to the early history of Jamestown For more information about sup- Lobby. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Executive Director Philip Emer- and the cultures that converged there. porting programs of the Jamestown- son presented Ferguson Chief Executive Officer John Stegeman, pictured The Bank of Bermuda Founda- Yorktown Foundation, call (757) in the center with members of Ferguson’s senior executive team, a bowl tion gave $25,000 for the “Jamestown 253-4139 or visit www.historyisfun.org/ etched with the coat of arms of the Virginia Company of London. n and Bermuda” exhibition, and John giving.htm. n

2 Rare Artifacts Acquired for Exhibit at Yorktown Victory Center

Two documents relating to early Thomas Bradford in Philadelphia government of the United States, a in 1774, goes on exhibit this win- Brown Bess musket that passed from ter in the museum’s Declaration British to American hands during the of Independence Gallery. The Revolution, a 1780s painting of a naval First Continental Congress, which battle between the French and British met in 1774, sought the repeal fleets, a late-18th-century portrait of of the Intolerable Acts, a series French King Louis XVI, and a 1773 of measures meant to reform volume of poems by Phillis Wheatley, colonial government and restore a first edition of the first book to be British authority after the Boston published by an African American, Tea Party, and approved the Dec- have been added to the Jamestown- laration of Rights, a precursor to the Royal Navy, Yorktown Foundation collection for the Declaration of Independence. depicts a three- current and future exhibit at the York- The Brown Bess musket, also to day battle that town Victory Center. be exhibited in the Declaration of occurred in the Extracts from the Votes and Proceed- Independence Gallery, has markings spring of 1782 – “Lord Rodney’s flagship ‘Formidable’ breaking through the French line at the battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782.” ings of the American Continental Congress, indicating it is of British manufacture. after the Siege of a pamphlet published by William and The stock is stamped with the date Yorktown and be- “1776,” and the bayonet, original to fore the formal end of the Revolution the piece, is marked with the name – when the French, under Comte de Sue Gerdelman Leads “HARVEY.” Below this name is the Grasse, attempted to seize from Britain Jamestown-Yorktown mark of David Ames, who examined the important sugar-producing island and stamped confiscated weapons as of Jamaica. The British, under com- Foundation, Inc. they were deposited into the Massa- mand of Admiral Lord Rodney, won a Sue H. Gerdelman of Williams- chusetts Committee of Safety arsenal at decisive victory. The painting will help burg will serve as president of the Springfield. illustrate the international aspects of Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc., Acts Passed at a Congress of the the American Revolution. in 2009, succeeding A. Marshall Acuff, United States of America, published in The portrait of Louis XVI, the Jr., of Midlothian. 1789 in Richmond for the Gen- French monarch who played a A graduate of the eral Assembly of Virginia, pivotal role in the success of College of William is believed to be the first the American Revolution, is and Mary, Mrs. public printing of the attributed to the studio of Gerdelman also is Bill of Rights in the Count Joseph Boze. The a member of the South and one of 16- by 13-inch portrait Frontispiece of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems College of William only three copies of is a variation of Boze’s on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. and Mary Foun- this edition known original portrait of the dation Board of to exist. The 79-page king done in 1784 and the poetry was indeed Wheatley’s. Trustees. volume, acquired for shows Louis in court at- Born in Gambia, Phillis Wheatley Sue Gerdelman Since joining future exhibit, contains tire. During Louis’s reign, became a slave at age 7 and learned to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the acts of the first Con- signed the Treaty read and write while working for the Inc., Board of Directors in early 2007, gress of the United States, of Alliance in 1778 with the Wheatley family of Boston. She was Mrs. Gerdelman has been an active including much of the Louis XVI, King of France American colonies. France’s freed from slavery in 1773, the year of member of the Acquisitions and De- legislation fundamental military and financial con- the book’s publication, and as a result velopment committees and has hosted to the establishment of tributions to the war effort of her celebrity status was presented to several events to raise awareness of and government under the Constitution. made possible the victory at Yorktown. George Washington. She was a strong support for the Jamestown-Yorktown “Lord Rodney’s flagship ‘Formi- The Phillis Wheatley volume, of the Revolutionary War Foundation museums. She worked at dable’ breaking through the French Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and and abolitionism. the White House in Washington, D.C., line at the battle of the Saintes, 12th Moral, contains an engraved portrait Acquisition of the six artifacts was from 2002 to 2006 in executive posi- April 1782,” painted between 1784 and frontispiece and a statement from funded with gifts to the Jamestown- tions on the National Economic Coun- 1787 by Lieutenant William Elliott of legal authorities assuring readers that Yorktown Foundation, Inc. n cil and Homeland Security Council. Also elected to board offices for one-year terms beginning 1 and served on the state’s Jamestown were Harry A. Pearce of Williamsburg H. Benson Dendy III Elected Chairman 2007 Steering Committee. Mr. Dendy as senior vice president, succeeding F. of Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is president of The Vectre Corporation, Jay Ward of Williamsburg; Jack L. Ez- a government relations and economic zell, Jr., of Hampton as vice president, H. Benson Dendy III of Richmond anniversary of the founding of America’s development firm based in Richmond. succeeding Charles A. Banks III of was elected chairman of the first permanent English settle- to joining Vectre, he served in Gloucester; and Jane T. Kaplan of Wil- Jamestown-Yorktown Foun- ment. Mr. Callahan was elected senior positions in the offices of the Vir- liamsburg as secretary, succeeding Mr. dation for a two-year term chairman emeritus at the meet- ginia governor and lieutenant governor Ezzell. J. Robert Mooney of Richmond at the Board of Trustees ing. Senator Norment will con- from 1978 to 1989, including service as was re-elected treasurer. meeting in . He tinue as a member of the board. Secretary of the Commonwealth and Three new members were elected succeeds Virginia Senator Mr. Dendy, a member of secretary to the governor’s cabinet. to the Board of Directors: Mari Ann Thomas K. Norment, Jr., the Jamestown-Yorktown Foun- Three other board officers were Banks of Gloucester, John H. Hager of of James City County and dation board for 24 years, had elected for two-year terms. Suzanne Richmond and Dr. Robert E. Martinez former Virginia Delegate served as its vice chairman since O. Flippo of Glen Allen succeeds Mr. of Norfolk. Vincent F. Callahan, Jr., of 2004 and was president of the Dendy as vice chairman. Virginia Sena- The Jamestown-Yorktown Founda- McLean, who served as co- H. Benson Dendy III Foundation’s not-for-profit affil- tor Janet D. Howell of Fairfax County tion, Inc., is a not-for-profit entity that chairmen under a special iate Jamestown-Yorktown Foun- succeeds Ms. Flippo as secretary. Virgin- coordinates fundraising to benefit arrangement to address additional dation, Inc., from 1994 to 2000. He was ia Delegate M. Kirkland Cox of Colonial programs of the Jamestown-Yorktown responsibilities associated with planning vice chairman of the federal Jamestown Heights was re-elected treasurer. n Foundation. n the recent commemoration of the 400th 400th Commemoration Commission 3 SEA VENTURE PLAYED KEY ROLE IN AND VIRGINIA By Stephanie Fitzwater Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Outreach Education Instructor

The story of Jamestown is well At last, on 10, 1610, the two new known as a struggle for survival and ships set sail for Virginia, laden with the pursuit of profit. A lesser known, supplies and all of the survivors but two, but nonetheless crucial, chapter in the mutineers who remained on Bermuda Jamestown saga involves a ship called and allowed the English to maintain a the Sea Venture and its 1609 voyage claim to the islands. Ten days later the across the Atlantic. Its passengers and ships sailed into the and their experiences not only altered the made their way toward Jamestown. fate of Jamestown, but also the history The relief and elation the survivors of the world, when they arrived at the felt gave way to horror and despair when islands that would one day become the they saw the condition of the Jamestown British overseas territory of Bermuda. settlers. Arriving at the end of what is A 300-ton merchant ship, the Sea known as the “,” they Venture, was the flagship of a fleet of found the fort in shambles and the few nine ships that was to bring the largest remaining settlers hungry and hopeless. group of colonists and cargo yet to The Bermuda survivors soon decided Jamestown. Among those aboard were that the situation was futile and chose to , captain; Sir abandon Jamestown along with the 60 , lieutenant governor of surviving Jamestown settlers. On , Virginia; Sir , admiral “Historic Voyage, Sea Venture and Consorts at Sea 1609,” a 1984 oil painting by Deryck Foster, 1610, they fired a final salute and sailed will be exhibited courtesy of the Bank of Bermuda Foundation in the Jamestown Settlement spe- of the fleet; , future cial exhibition “Jamestown and Bermuda: Virginia Company Colonies,” March 1 through October down the to make their way secretary of the Virginia Company in 15, 2009. home to England. Jamestown; ; and various other names that have since come to be associated with both early In this desolation and misery our governor found the condition and state of Virginia and American history. the and (which added more to his grief) no hope how to amend it or The fleet departed England in June of 1609, the third resup- save his own company and those yet remaining alive from falling into the like ply voyage to the Jamestown colony, and took a slightly different necessities. For we had brought … no greater store of provision … than might and faster route than the original 1607 voyage to avoid the Spanish well serve … for a sea voyage. And it was not possible at this time of the year in the West Indies. While the first seven weeks of the voyage were to amend it by any help from the Indian … Nor was there at the fort … any uneventful, it soon turned into a nightmare. Only a week from means to take fish … All which considered, it pleased our governor to make a Virginia, the fleet sailed into a tempest. The huge storm, probably speech unto the company … [that] he would make ready and transport them a hurricane, tossed the ships about on the open ocean, and the all into their native country … at which there was a general acclamation Sea Venture became separated from the rest of the fleet. Despite its and shout of joy on both sides, for even our own men began to be disheartened impressive size, the Sea Venture was no match for Mother Nature. and faint when they saw this misery amongst the others and no less threat- The force of the hurricane battered the ship, causing multiple ened unto themselves. leaks to start flooding the hold. Most of the passengers and crew William Strachey alike believed they were doomed. Nevertheless, all the men on Artifacts from the Sea Venture underwater board worked hard to save the dying vessel, pumping out water archaeological site, Before they could even make open water, they met the newly arrived and even throwing their possessions and cargo overboard. On July including this Bellarmine military governor, Lord de la Warr, with his three ships of new settlers and 28, 1609, the fourth day of the storm, Sir George Somers spied jug from the Downing Col- supplies. With new hope, everyone returned to Jamestown, determined to land. Captain Newport sailed the limping ship as close to the lection, Bermuda Maritime make it succeed. Museum, will be exhibited islands as possible and, as he was unable to anchor, wedged the in “Jamestown and Ber- Using the same discipline in Virginia as the castaway leaders had in ship between two large rocks. All of the men and women aboard, muda: Virginia Company Bermuda, the colonists’ fate changed for the better. They found food, about 150 in total, survived the wreck and escaped to the shores of Colonies.” security and better organization in the company of such strong leaders. Bermuda, known to the English as “The Devil’s Islands.” Along with providing guidance, the survivors of the Sea Venture also con- tributed to the financial success of the Virginia Company. One of them, For four-and-twenty hours the storm in a restless tumult had blown so exceedingly John Rolfe, planted the tobacco seed he brought and produced the first profitable as we could not apprehend in our imaginations any possibility of greater violence; crop of tobacco by 1614, thus ensuring the success of the colony with his “cash yet did we still find it not only more terrible but more constant, fury added to fury crop.” … Winds and seas were as mad as fury and rage could make them … I had been Meanwhile, the people who chose to remain on the islands established a per- in some storms before … Yet all that I had ever suffered gathered together might not manent residence in Bermuda. It became a supplier of materials to Virginia, thus hold comparison with this: there was not a moment in which the sudden splitting establishing trade between the two colonies. Over the years Bermuda developed or instant oversetting of the ship was not expected. into an overseas territory within the British Commonwealth. The story of the Sea William Strachey Venture and the founding of Bermuda is in fact a crucial part of American history. Without those who had been aboard the Sea Venture or their experiences in Ber- For the following nine months, the crew and passengers would forage, fish, muda, the story of Jamestown and English America may have been very different hunt and pray for survival and rescue. They found that Bermuda provided plenty indeed. n of food with its plants and animals, including countless wild hogs probably left by earlier Spanish shipwrecks. However, numerous near-mutinies threatened the Sea Venture Video castaways on Bermuda. Only the strong leadership and discipline of men like A five-minute video, “The Story of the Sea Venture,” created and Thomas Gates and George Somers prevented chaos. produced by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation’s outreach educa- After salvaging all they could from the wreck, the group began to construct two small new ships, the Patience and the Deliverance, to carry the survivors the tion and special services staff, can be seen at www.historyisfun.org/ final distance to Jamestown. ThePatience was slightly larger than the Godspeed, sea-venture-video.htm. The production combines video with graphics one of the three ships that brought English colonists to Virginia in 1607, and and features Jamestown Settlement maritime historical interpreter Jaie the Deliverance was slightly larger than the , smallest of the 1607 ships. Pizzetti and interpretive youth volunteer Maggie Teter in speaking roles.

4 New Set of Sails Design Work Under Way For Custom-Made for New Yorktown Victory Center An architectural and engineering firm and an exhibit design firm, both na- Jamestown Settlement’s Susan tionally known for their work on cultural arts projects, as well as a senior curator Constant will soon be fitted with its first have been selected to support planning for replacement of the Yorktown Victory new set of sails since 1991, when the Center. The project was initiated by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board ship was commissioned. of Trustees as Latell Sailmakers of Deltaville the best long- is completing work on six sails – the term solution spritsail, fore course, fore topsail, main On the sail loft floor, a sailmaker lays out and to addressing course, main topsail and mizzen – and cuts individual panels of sailcloth to a full-size future visita- template of the mizzen sail. These individual three bonnets (pieces attached to sails pieces of sailcloth are machine-sewn together tion demands for light-wind sailing) totaling 3,902 to form the “membrane” of the sail. and mainte- square feet in area. The sails are made nance costs of Oceanus, a synthetic fabric that and optimiz- resembles canvas but is more durable. ing site utili- While large panels are machine- zation, while stitched together, all of the detail work allowing the has been accomplished by hand in existing mu- much the same way as it was in the seum build- 17th century. ing to remain The Susan Constant’s original open during Visitor services and the gift shop, now separate from the main gallery building, will be located with expanded exhibition galleries, classroom and sails, also made of a synthetic canvas- construction. event space, and support functions in one new Yorktown Victory Center like cloth, have been maintained and Westlake building. repaired by Jamestown Settlement Reed Lesko- maritime staff and volunteers, but the Sailmakers prepare for hand-sewing bolt sky, selected from 17 firms submitting proposals, will design the new museum, fabric is now wearing out from sun rope around the perimeter of the spritsail. working from its Washington, D.C., office, with Hopke & Associates, Inc., of Bolt rope reinforces the edge of the sail and exposure. Canvas sails, prone to dete- transfers wind energy to the rigging to drive Williamsburg as associate architect. Recent Westlake Reed Leskosky projects rioration from mildew, would have had the ship through the water. include the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts at the site of the 1969 Woodstock a much shorter lifespan. Above photos courtesy of Jerry Latell, Latell Sailmakers. festival in New York, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Ohio and Shafran Following a 17th-century prec- Planetarium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and a commission edent, the Susan Constant’s old sails from the City of Las Vegas to design the Museum of Organized Crime and Law will be recycled for use in Jamestown Enforcement within a historic building. The century-old firm, headquartered in Settlement’s interpretive program as Cleveland, Ohio, is a leader in sustainable design. awnings and in sail handling demon- Gallagher & Associates of Bethesda, Md., was chosen from seven firms strations. wrote of creating submitting proposals to design exhibition galleries for the new Yorktown Vic- a shelter for Jamestown’s first worship tory Center. Gallagher designed the Jamestown Settlement gallery exhibits that services in 1607 by hanging “an awning opened in October 2006. Other recent projects include the Sant Ocean Hall at (which is an old saile) to three or four the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Gettysburg National Mili- trees to shadow us from the Sunne.” tary Park Museum and Visitor Center, The National World War II Museum in The Jamestown Settlement ships New Orleans, and Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center in France. Gal- are typically “down-rigged” and the lagher & Associates also provided exhibit design services for the Bethel Woods sails removed in the winter. The Susan Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation sailing pro- Center for the Arts Interpretive Center. Constant’s new sails will be installed gram volunteers assisted with down-rigging Sarah Meschutt was appointed senior curator, with a key role in planning the in January. later this year. n Susan Constant new permanent gallery exhibits and development of the col- Photo courtesy of Steve Link. lection of objects relating to the American Revolution period. She previously was chief curator of collections at the Museum of the Riverfront Amenities Area Recognized for Design Excellence Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, consulting curator for the Rock- Jamestown Settlement’s riverfront efeller Brothers Fund at Kykuit, amenities area, completed in early Pocantico Hills, N.Y., and keeper 2007, received an award of excellence of edged weapons at the Royal in the Best Institutional/Public Build- Armouries Museum, H.M. Tower of ing category of the 12th annual Hamp- Sarah Meschutt, London. She has a Ph.D. in history Senior Curator ton Roads Association for Commerical of art from Oxford University and a Real Estate’s Excellence in Develop- master’s degree in art history from St. Andrews Univer- ment Design Awards. sity, Scotland. Designed by Guernsey Tingle Last year the Virginia General Assembly au- Architects of Williamsburg and built by thorized $3 million, with more than half to come Woodmasters, Inc., of Virginia Beach, from non-general fund revenue generated by the the project includes an amenities area Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, for environmental featuring visitor restrooms, beverage impact studies, architectural and engineering services, vending machines and shaded seating. and exhibit design services. The new Yorktown Vic- A behind-the-scenes shipwright building tory Center, approximately 80,000 square feet in size, provides workspace for staff who main- will locate expanded exhibition galleries, classroom tain the Jamestown Settlement ships as and event space, visitor services, gift shop and sup- well as a staging area for emergency services. The port functions in one building and improve access riverfront amenities area was cited for “authentic to outdoor interpretive programming. Architectural materials used in an honest way … thoughtfully tied preliminary design and exhibit design schematic work into surroundings.” n will proceed throughout 2009. n

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Volume 23, No. 1 Printed January 2009

Calendar -28 : “Blacks’ Response to the recreation; and land and seascapes “From Africa to Virginia” Revolutionary Impulse in Norfolk and immortalized by internationally Theme Month Vicinity, 1775-1781,” Tommy L. Bogger, renowned artists. Exhibition lectures Jamestown Settlement and the Jamestown Settlement Norfolk State University Director of at 7 p.m. Saturdays, April 25, June 13, Yorktown Victory Center tell the Gallery exhibits and a special gallery Harrison B. Wilson Archives. July 11 and August 8 (See page 2). story of the nation’s beginnings, brochure highlight the culture of the Lectures begin at 2 p.m.; reservations from the 1607 arrival of America’s first known Africans in Virginia, from recommended at -22 first permanent English colonists in the kingdom of Ndongo in Angola, (757) 253-4415 or Military Through the Ages Virginia, to the American Revolution Jamestown Settlement and the experience of Africans in rsvp.lecture@jyf. and the formation of the new na- 17th-century Virginia. Tours of the Re-enactment groups depicting virginia.gov. tion. Both museums feature gallery museum’s outdoor living-history areas soldiers and military encounters exhibits and living history in outdoor will compare fishing and metalworking March 1- throughout history join forces with re-created settings – In- skills of Africans in Angola with tech- Special Exhibition modern-day veterans and active units dian village, three ships, colonial fort nology used in 17th-century Virginia. “Jamestown and to demonstrate camp life, tactics Also learn about African Americans Bermuda: and weaponry. The weekend event and seasonal riverfront discovery during the American Revolution at the Virginia Company features a children’s parade at noon area at Jamestown Settlement, and Yorktown Victory Center. Saturday and a military pass-in-review Colonies” Continental Army encampment and at 3 p.m. Sunday. Jamestown Settlement 1780s farm at the Yorktown Victory , 15, 22 Bermuda, settled in Center. “From Africa to Virginia” 1609 as the result The museums are open 9 Lecture Series Jamestown Day of a shipwreck that inspired Shake- Jamestown Settlement A jointly sponsored event at Jamestown a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 6 p.m. June speare’s The Tempest, is the focus of a February 8: “From Sunup to Sundown: Settlement & Historic Jamestowne 15-) daily year-round, 400th-anniversary exhibition that also The Experiences of Africans and Afri- Maritime demonstrations, military except Christmas and New Year’s explores governmental, religious and can Americans in Colonial Virginia,” drills, archaeology, and programs on days. Both museums have on- trade connections between England’s Robert C. Watson, Hampton University English and Powhatan Indian contact second permanent colony in the New going demonstrations of military, Assistant Professor of History. and exploration and discovery mark World and its first – Jamestown, Virgin- economic and domestic activities the 1607 founding of Jamestown, : “Virginia’s Slave Trade: ia, founded in 1607. The exhibition of the and 1700s. For more America’s first permanent English Who, When, Where, and How Many?” illuminates Bermuda’s unique char- colony. Separate site admission. information, call (888) 593-4682 Lorena S. Walsh, Colonial Williams- acter: strategic location and historic toll-free or (757) 253-4838 or visit burg Foundation Historian and stone forts; importance of sports and www.historyisfun.org. Author.

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