Please join the Library of Virginia on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at noon when Karen Ordahl Kupperman, professor of history at New York University, will discuss her new book _The Jamestown Project_. In this work, she places the Jamestown settlement into its proper context as one among many early English ventures. She makes a compelling case that early Virginia, despite its false starts and appalling mortality, taught the English what successful colonization required. _The Jamestown Project_ is a breathtaking study of the colony that would become a template for all subsequent English colonies, including Plymouth. A book signing follows the talk. Also, please note, on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 5:30 pm the John d'Entremont will present a special program titled _“May We Be Worthy of Our Birthright”: Defining the Meaning of America at the Jamestown Commemorations, 1807–2007_. d'Entremont, the Theodore H. Jack Professor of History at Randolph Macon Woman’s College, will explore the effort to define America at the Jamestown commemorations of 1807, 1857, 1907, 1957, and 2007. Because America has always been a set of hopes as well as a spot on a map, and because the founding of the United States was accompanied by a document proclaiming principles as the nation's reason for being, every generation of Americans has been consumed with interpreting those principles and arguing over their application. Americans, by definition, care—and often disagree—about what it means and what it requires to be American. Civic commemorations are one venue at which that concern becomes vivid. The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond; free parking is available under the building. Best, Katie Gillespie Education Coordinator More upcoming events: Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at noon: _The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship_ Thursday, June 28, 2007, at noon: _Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in Virginia, 1920–1945_