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Jamestown jubilee; Despite Virginia Tech tragedy, nation joins world leaders to celebrate founding of America's first permanent settlement in Virginia
; JAMESTOWN, Va. -- President Bush is coming to Jamestown. So is England's Queen Elizabeth II, albeit a week early...anniversary program, said Kevin Crossett, spokesman for Jamestown 2007, part of the Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation, a state...
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THREE SIGNS DOWN IN JAMESTOWN AND QUITE A FEW MORE TO GO.(TRIAD)
; JAMESTOWN -- Have you noticed the latest Jamestown historical marker, at 603 W. Main St.? It makes three...help guide a walking tour around the town and will be Jamestown's unique contribution to the Bicentennial Parkway. The...
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JAMESTOWN GROUP RECOGNIZES CONTRIBUTORS.(TRIAD/STATE)
; JAMESTOWN -- The Jamestown Business Association recognized local scholarship contributors and...that it would award $9,000 to 15 organizations that serve youth in Jamestown. Scholarship money is raised from the JBA's annual Jamestown Day...
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Embattled Shrine: Jamestown in the Civil War
; Embattled Shrine. Jamestown in the Civil War. By DAVID F. RIGGS...DAVID F. RIGGS's Embattled Shrine: Jamestown in the Civil War is a commanding and...useful study. Riggs, curator of the Jamestown museum collection at Colonial National...
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Why Jamestown matters.
; Byline: Bentley Boyd JAMESTOWN, Va. _ It seems weird to promote the...settlement that doesn't exist anymore. Jamestown? Why not party at Santa Fe, N.M...thriving beachfront city today. On Jamestown Island now there are a lot of trees...
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Jamestown: where the American story began.(OPINION)
; Byline: Bob Deans Jamestown, Va. -- Ask any eighth-grader to name...Massachusetts in 1620. But by then, Jamestown, a riverside colony in Virginia, was...Even before the Pilgrims landed, Jamestown had become the hub of the first sustained...
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Tourism official wants more money to plug Jamestown's 400th.(Local)
; JAMESTOWN -- ASSOCIATED PRESS JAMESTOWN - Virginia is not spending enough money to promote the upcoming 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement, the state's top tourism official says. The Virginia...
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KEEPING THAT SMALL-TOWN CHARM; LOTS OF REASONS TO LOVE LIVING IN JAMESTOWN.(TRIAD)
; JAMESTOWN -- When I moved to Jamestown about six years ago, I didn't know enough about the town to anticipate...there. Today, there's no question about it. I love living in Jamestown. I love that I can be in Greensboro or High Point in less than...
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After 400 years, it's time to see Jamestown clearly.(Book review)
; Byline: Carlin Romano The Jamestown Project by Karen Ordahl Kupperman...Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America...traditional foundation tale in The Jamestown Project, a superb, clear-eyed history...
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JAMESTOWN LOOKS TO SHOW ITS BEST SIDES.(TRIAD/STATE)
; Byline: JIM SCHLOSSER Staff Writer Jamestown asks outsiders for advice on how to perk...specialists begins a six-day visit to Jamestown - founded in 1770, one year before the...clogged Main Street and its surroundings. Jamestown officials say 22,000 cars and trucks...
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