| Show w Tercentenary of the English Settlement of Virginia The International Exposition to Be Held at Jamestown Jame tor 1153 HE hundredth n of or th act tiet of II Jamestown J rn Va date dom May 14 H 1007 will be he heP P celebrated In tho of 1907 1 07 by IJ n pub public lub lic commemoration In r which all alt till the iii nations of ot the hue earth hove luave been bell Invited to 10 par participate Tho rho congress of ot if tho the United States panned 11 an act on un March S J 1905 providing for the tho lie demonstration and on ft tho the of ot tho he same sante month the time pre l cleat made mada proclamation to tine the same effect That congress eOn realized oily fully full the he deep 1 of ot tho the anniversary Is 11 ap liP apparent apparent parent from the title of ot the tho net act An act f to provide for celebrating the birth of ot tie tho American nation the purina perma permanent I nent settlement of at o English speaking people on OIl the thou western hemisphere IH by 4 holding nn an International naval marine marina ij military celebration In iii thin the vicinity tI of ot Jamestown on thin the waters of ot Hamp Hampton P ton In the state of oC Virginia to provide for tor the tho suitable and permanent 1 I commemoration of ot said atel events nod and an l to tF i authorize nn In aid there for or mind nn l for tor other purposes purpose The llie president In 11 his proclamation was equally alive to the Importance of Ut the lie occasion Ho lie that hero shall shallI s 1111 I Ibo I bo be Inaugurated In Imi the year 1907 an In International ini naval and military i celebration beginning May 13 U end euel endIng Ing not later hater than Nov ov 1 I for the purpose pur purpose pose o of commemorating In a 1 It fit and Ind ap titi manner the thus birth of the tho American nation the first permanent settlement of ot English h speaking people 1 on tin the tho continent and lit lii order that tho the I great events of bf American Amt history which have resulted may 1111 be bo accentuated to the tho present and amid future gener generations of ot American citizens L This celebration authorized by br the national government will b be supple Rupple supplemented supplemented I by b nn an exposition planned bj by b Virginia und and nd her sister states This Thi i great nat feature of the tercentenary will f r IP jJ t I Lili 1 ri i w I 7 0 f I 1 oJ L Lr LI c tr Jt t t J 1 1 r FA I it t 1 t V t t r 1 t f 6 3 n lJ r of i rt C I J 1 c eJ to 1 t II 1 IJ o t 7 t lir Ii IiI 1 r t t r t I 11 tJ dt 1 t I P Li WY 2 1 l V loti i i z L rn td r JJ t ill P j h gt 1 h t i I s m J Th 1 t t ITh Lr rf s I 6 r I r 1 i C I t U Urit II C ml 11 1 j t i J JI rit I i S 1 r I 11 r rII u f Cr 1 UI V A II 11 i iJ i r rt i i t j III 1 I R orl r rI I I I I I I I u 11 r i JAMESTOWN m t o 1 o w k 1 P tJI b I I SJ jJ I It I t I ff 7 r r I r n I I v l IJ J 1 1 i i 19 t 1 ot Jr j 1 t r 1 II f 1 t r Z 4 r I 4 I 1 v 0 I 0 1 l iJ v vl Jo C t 11 t iI l t Il ol f jr 11 r ki r Jt I S I v JJ w t It 1 n tt I 1 Jt 4 f It H ll E d m 1 t 1 t tl P J f 1 H L a t J J t fT 1 I r F AI oi II 1 r I l I I I l r If 1 tOI 1 fP h j J I i 4 r s 1 r CiL l Jt Ji GENERAL PLAN FLAR OF THE EXPOSITION or 1907 rr IS J be bo held 1011 and In clone chose concord with the gO celebration ton tion The Tho exposition In IJ designed dp to II 1 the till development of ot the lit Amen Ameri American can COli commonwealth both bolh separately and amal In III ml ou It will viii be a historical dIsplay History education anti and program will be the themes of the collectors for the exhibition Nothing will be b accepted which does not exem exemplify pur one of lit those subjects The pros presidents proclamation virtual virtually ly iy invites all nit tho the nation nations that ore art pro Iro I vided with navies und anti armies to send Meld representatives to Hampton In lit 1907 90 Thor There Is little probability that thaI the Invitation will pass unheeded On the contrary there thero Is III every eer reason to that limit the th Ih coming coining naval and mill mili military tary displays will ho bo the tha most Imposing ever eer seen In this country or In any amy oth other other er or A statistician of the lie navy depart department ment meat has calculated tint that the tho vessels which will ride at nut anchor In thin the roads rC will represent a value of no less hess than Among them will be bat bal of ot the this latest Inte l construction I cruisers crul er monitors torpedo boats bOlls and submarines representative of 01 the lie tags of ot every cHry nation The leading heading I land feature of at the gov goy government eminent display will be nn an International al military encampment It H Is 19 expected that thaI crack regiments from tram nil nations will participate International drills and maneuvers will be held hel at nl frequent Intervals amid nd prIzes prize will bo br offered for tor competing bodies of lit troops Tho rho army and navy In combination will execute movements of ot much Interest to tho hue bo be molder holder ami that hint remarkable naval duel of at tho tim civil war sar the tho contest conlest between letle n tho and Monitor will bo be ro re times Previous to 10 ti attempt to col cot colonize colonize onize Virginia America haul had been a II treasure trove to the Iho crown That country hind had tong long been an un object of oC tho he most burning envy to who saw her hated rival made mado opulent by bythe bythe I the thu galleons of at treasure gathered In tho the new world After ACter the tho destruction of ot the armada und and the consequent crippling of ot maritime power England ro 10 calved d to appropriate for her own bene beno benefit fit tit some of at the Iho riches Iches that had made Spain tho the greatest power In tn Europe As early earl as all 1534 Sir ir Walter Waiter who ho was ns nil shrewd as liS ho was Willi adventurous adventurous lurous obtained a charter from tram thin tho crown to o colonize America As AI a pre pro preliminary he ho sent mient his hili two trusty cap captains Amadai and to explore the tile coast cont and make malte charts of at the tho rivers which flowed Into the sea ea After A tho iho return of ot the captains captain to England sent out the tho lust first com coni company pany Ian of ot colonists under Sir Ralph Leo icca Leoa a n harum young baronet who ho was ready for tor any allY proposition Tide Thin party had a n sorry time of at It Most of ot the tine adventurers died from front fever foer or were tere slain by b tho the Indians They did not nut suc succeed ell hi lit making any permanent nt settle lettle ment In about aboul a year Sir Frauds Drake Drale rescued tho ho survivors anti and took them homo to l The sail sad epe cipe experience of ot this expedition did not prevent another train from In the following year and one me every year for tor six consecutive con ec years thereafter r None Nomie of oC them wan able to do anything to accelerate I entry Into America Amer Arner ArnerI Ira ica I After Arter torn ton years er of ot this sort of lit thing matters remained about us III In tho thu beginning In 1502 organized a Q company bent hEnt on colonization Hy lIy tho lie time these would bo be colonists reached America they hind had changed their minds and und de she declined to laud land They took u a few tow observations observatIons and did a 1 little surveying and then thou returned to At this time tho ho colonization of ot Virginia was the most prominent subject of at discussion In Even Een the pulpit took a t hand hAnti handIn In It pro and ond con Companies were or organized organize and abandoned and ond dateR dates for tor Balling sailing were fixed and ond forgotten and amid the whole country mild did nothing much In Inthe Inthe the he matter hut but talk tolk Incessantly Finally of captains set lIet el sail In three Email frigates frI ates determined to conquer or perish In the attempt They The loft letl England early In December 1606 and amid they were on the tea sea until the following April Auth 26 G On thai a il sailed in iii between the th two V Jr Jr after 0 J capes which they timey named sons Bons of the tho king The Thc n Oxe Ol n they thY anchored III In Hampton Iloa s Senile days flays later hater they lucy proceeded up Ut the J w river and landed on a lIil wW thin thir thirty long lon ago became an nn Island bout Th trade Irad a m ty mites miles tram from Its mouth camp and anul called It Fort 1011 Janit In tnt honor honorof honorof of their sovereign Later 1 hr It U ass w James City anti then nn WO The Tho first tent erected at itt Jamestown was used us lie a chapel In it R H nv v Y tobert Hunt the tho chaplain of oC the expert MOB the and i read tho ho first p r sermon In iii tho ho English ever heard on American soil jon oAI Th plo pie pioneers hou houlen act to work to build built hog IOB and amI palisades s but it was an uphill un On unde de front from thin the jr t Thin fh was food P P lh r n hull tho thin Indians Indian were wore thC th l n In iii tile the been men month III in a II f t landing handing was lUS made but bul survived d Ion rsC CliP Cap only JW thud t cat i Ii Newport tain tam Christopher a 11 nv sup EPply supply Lund ana rescue with rt n hundred men mn ro ply of ot provisions r rAfter wert After that several n tM hI to w CrP I Ii ng made mall to tho thin colon colony whO tradition ti t ie authentic most till II rj t I It H al won nut not ld Ideal bh M h hi been suggested niggled that too toe wj ilU m he be attributed to t tlC LC should pot not 1 h heel who ho declined to ci Massacre starvation and amI si sl s W Vv f I 1 smith th sail gad havoc with thorn them JV lOO OO m mn sailed to England ln for tar relief rell i living hiving at It tho tine tort fort but tut ut wh n r remained d canoe camo only sixty That al Indeed was a n cn I 1 nw he e I for tor Jamestown All rd J t th AI waso t 1 abandon I bo be must Wh h iV w drU otO vote decided by b popular In the fc f rolling a dirge and with wih I t b clr 1 feW v U fr tv 1 tel eyes oye tho tue survivors thus yel ra f t longings and boarded tine the pi V n th they were to take them honK hOlo Ro had preceded n as tar far as Q they met mel Lord ni Delaware th tb n new Oi Oman and his nn anti t ry f d ra cj that th his coming om In VIrginIa F E J |
