More Touristing

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Ok we have been seeing lot of history around the area. The other day we went to Jamestown to see what all was there. We went to the Jamestown Settlement that was actually an island. It is the first English settlement in the US. It was built in 1607 and used till 1699 as the capital but ceased to exist after the capital moved in 1699. But people still lived here and farmed and thing like that. I will let you read about all the history on this link  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia  It will be easer.  It is now a Archeological site that has found thousands of things.

 We did some ridding around the island but it was way too hot and humid for us so we went back home.
Yesterday we took the truck and went to Fort Monroe in Hampton VA. It was built in 1819 and was the largest stone fort built in the US by 1834. There was a fort here before that called Fort Algernourne in 1609. Robert E Lee was stationed here during its construction and Jefferson Davis was imprisoned here at the end of the Civil War. Fort Monroe is the newest National Park in the country. Go here to see the entire story  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Monroe

 We also went to General MacArthurs Memorial in Norfolk  VA. This is where he and his wife are buried and has all the history on this great man. The web site is  http://www.macarthurmemorial.org/