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Article: Why Jamestown matters.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2007
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Byline: Bentley Boyd
JAMESTOWN, Va. _ It seems weird to promote the anniversary of a settlement that doesn't exist anymore.
Jamestown? Why not party at Santa Fe, N.M., which has been occupied for almost 400 years? Why not vacation in world-class Quebec, which the French started in Canada in 1608? St. Augustine, Fla., was home to Spanish and French warriors in 1565 and remains a thriving beachfront city today.
On Jamestown Island now there are a lot of trees and archaeologists.
Should Englishmen planting a flag at Jamestown in 1607 matter to us in the 21st century, or is this just a field day for the marketing and tourism people?
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