Jamestown

JAMESTOWN



If you have kids, I would have to say Jamestown is the better of the 2. It is the historic town for the early pilgrims and settlers here in america. They had a museum there with so many fun hands-on activities. There where 3 main areas. The first was Pocahontas' village. We could walk through the huts and see the way they lived. Nicholas got to grind some corn into corn meal, and we learned how they made made rope from the stuff that is inside of a stick.




The next area was the water front with real ships that you could climb on and look around. I think this was one of the boys favorites! Nicholas kept calling them pirate ships!





The boys also learned how to make a canoe by burning out the center and then used seashells to scoop out the ashes.



Last there was the pilgrim's village. The boys helped fertilize the farm with ashes. They got to walk through all the homes, and buildings. Nicholas preached a sermon in the church. They wore armor while they listened to the gun demonstration, Nicholas didn't want to be shot! but even with all that fun, the thing that Nicholas was most intrigued by was the nail making. He stood there and watched the guy make nail after nail without making a sound.