The foundation that oversees preservation efforts at Historic Jamestowne recently received a state grant that will help it ...

Few neighborhoods illustrate the story of Jamestown as well as the secluded community of Chanco’s Grant in James City County.

WASHINGTON Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by ...

If Captain John Smith and his band of settlers didn't exactly know where they were when they docked in 1607, they might be heartened to know that hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit the ...

The fall programs in the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation’s fourth annual Director’s Series will begin Wednesday at 7 p.m. with a presentation by Indigenous scholar and leader of the Kaw Nation Tribal ...

WILLIAMSBURG — The Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Virginia has presented its first award recognizing ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - September 10, 1608: John Smith was elected President of the Jamestown Colony Council in Virginia. Early in the colony’s history, times were difficult due to food shortages, ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – The Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg has announced that the Halloween-themed event “Family Frights” will return this Oct. 24 and 25. The event sees the settlement ...

Four centuries later, Jamestown is still looking for a little respect. True, breathtaking reproductions of the tall-masted ships will set sail to mark its 400th birthday, and Virginia is hosting a ...

WRITINGS BY CAPT. JOHN SMITH. A true relation -- The proceedings of the English colonie in Virginia -- A description of New England -- New Englands trials -- The generall historie of Virginia, ...