Queen, president to recognize Jamestown's 400th
President Bush is coming to Jamestown. So is England's Queen Elizabeth II, albeit a week early.
The centerpiece of the 18-month commemoration of the 400th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement finally is almost here after a decade of planning, and visits by those dignitaries will give organizers two of their biggest wishes.
But the "America's Anniversary Weekend" extravaganza May 11-13 now will be taking place less than a month after a gunman killed 32 people, then himself, 270 miles across the state on the campus of Virginia Tech. And the weekend coincides with Virginia Tech's commencement on May 11, so the tragedy still will feel very fresh.
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The centerpiece of the 18-month commemoration of the 400th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement finally is almost here after a decade of planning, and visits by those dignitaries will give organizers two of their biggest wishes.
But the "America's Anniversary Weekend" extravaganza May 11-13 now will be taking place less than a month after a gunman killed 32 people, then himself, 270 miles across the state on the campus of Virginia Tech. And the weekend coincides with Virginia Tech's commencement on May 11, so the tragedy still will feel very fresh.