William & Mary Elderhostel
Jamestown Weekend
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
Jamestown, Birthplace of a Nation
Dates: April 20-23, 2008 & May 18-21, 2008
400 Years of History at the first permanent English settlement!
Subject to Change
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
The College of William and Mary Elderhostel Program
Jamestown Weekend: Discovering America's Birthplace
Friday
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Informal gathering during registration in the registration area
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm Welcome and Announcements
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Class: Jamestown, 1607: Historical Overview
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Dinner at the hotel
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Introductions and Academic Program Overview
8:15 pm – 9:00 pm Special Guest from Jamestown: How to Thrive and Prosper in 17th-Century Virginia
Saturday
6:30 am - 8:00 am Buffet Breakfast at your leisure
8:00 am - 9:00 am Class: Anglo-Indian Conflict in Early Virginia, 1607-1622
9:15 am - 12:30 pm Guided Field Trip to Historic Jamestown Island
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Field Trip to the Jamestown Settlement Museum
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner at a Colonial Williamsburg Tavern
FREE EVENING: Optional Event: Free Concert at Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg at 8:00 pm
Sunday
6:30 am - 8:30 am Buffet Breakfast at your leisure
8:30 am - 10:00 am Class: The Jamestown Story, cont.
10:15 am - 11:15 am Concert: Rare Colonial Instruments
11:15 am - 11:30 am Final Farewells!
11:30 am - 11:45 am Check-out time
11:45 am - 12:45 pm Lunch at the hotel
End of Program (must check-out by 12:00 noon )
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