Join us Sunday, November 6, 2016 from noon till 4PM for the 55th annual Virginia Thanksgiving Festival at Berkeley Plantation. Celebrate the First English Speaking Thanksgiving in the New World!

The Henricus Citie Militia will be participating in the re-enactment of the 1619 landing of the ship Margaret & Captain Woodlief and his men who portray America’s First Thanksgiving.  A few of our members will row into shore from our 31′ coastal trading vessel to reenact the original landing.  The original vessel, the Margaret, was only 35′ long!

“Captain John Woodlief (Woodliffe) was with the Jamestown settlers in 1609- the Second Charter of the Virginia Company of London. He later returned to England to bring other colonists as well as his wife and family to Virginia. Again he returned to England and in 1619, Woodlief, as captain and governor, sailed from Bristol on the good ship Margaret. ”

Berkeley Plantation 

12602 Harrison Landing Rd.
Charles City, VA 23030-3339

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www.virginiathanksgivingfestival.com

www.berkeleyplantation.com

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