William Strachey: Jamestown Journalist, July 12, 2014
Meet William Strachey, secretary and recorder at Jamestown, and hear his eyewitness accounts of the settlement’s struggle to survive at 11:30, 1:30, pm and 3 pm. Learn of his voyage on the ill-fated Sea Venture,” shipwrecked in Bermuda. (His account of the experience was immortalized by Shakespeare in “The Tempest.”) Find out how Strachey’s chronicles of the aftermath of the Starving Time winter and the efforts of the new leaders to instill martial law and rebuild the colony aided Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists in their efforts to uncover the ruins of the fort.
FMI: call 757-229-4997 or visit www.historicjamestowne.org. Free with paid admission. (Kids 15 and under FREE admission!)
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