They should have had more information going to other areas of the country. I am in California, and there was little information coming this way. Had it not been for this list, I would have forgotten this was an anniversary year for Jamestown. They could have had documentaries, programs to pass out to schools, and more information through the internet. This was a missed opportunity for historians to reach out to the millions of students and immigrants who have little knowledge of this part of our history. Anita >From: John Frederick Fausz <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? >Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 02:10:18 EDT > >Hi Everyone: > > With only 49 years and 51 weeks left before another Jamestown >Anniversary is upon us, it might be interesting to survey our Virginia >History interest group members about what they learned about the >first colony that was New, Startling, and/or Hard to Accept, ETC., >amidst all of the hoopla during the 400th birthday season. > >As a published veteran of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, I was struck >by how much anniversary trash obscured the few new "treasures" to >emerge from a renewed "public interest" in those men and their famous >expedition. There were a few new insights, but most of the true experts >were perplexed about the birth of fresh fallacies and the failure to reach >consensus on key issues never before in doubt. PR and the quest for >tourist dollars muddied the waters about "where the expedition began," >with the Mind of Jefferson at Monticello, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, >Louisville, Camp Dubois, St. Louis, the Mouth of the Missouri River, >and St. Charles all vying for attention--and thoroughly confusing even >the most dedicated teachers trying to make sense of it all. > >Did the Jamestown Quadricentennial produce similar confusions and >contradictions for anyone? What purported "legacies" are most >historically supportable (leave out the politician-speak) and valid for >Americans in the 21st century? > >Have Fun. > >Best Wishes from St. Louis, where the new Lewis and Clark >statue on the Mississippi waterfront was almost totally engulfed >by the rising river (a sign, perhaps?). > >Fred Fausz > > >************************************** > See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. _________________________________________________________________ Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You’ll love Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_outlook_0507