The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-26
COMPLETE SURVEY
OF EXPOSITION
Interesting Commentary on the
Scope, Purpose, Location and
Character of Great Fair.
OF GREAT HISTORIC INTEREST
Every State Sends It's Priceless
Relics OF Heroic Days to BE
Seen by the Visitors.

rspcciaI to The Times Dispatch.1
Jam t,STOWN EXPOS TITO n
GROUNDS. April 25.---The prime object
OF the jamestown Exposition Is to cele-
bratc the three hundredth anniversary,
OF the first English settlement in
America, which. as history records, oc-
Cured on the 18th day of May. 1907, on
n peninsula, jutting out into the james
River about forty miles from It's mouth
This colony after many privations. Sue
ceeied in establishing a permanent set
tlcment, and this In turn grew till the
seeds sown there developed into the
original thirteen States, and they In
turn eventually became the United
states Of America. which dominates the
North American continent and Is recogT
nized as one OF the world powers
But as the waters Of. the James
River have long since transformed the
peninsula into an island, and as the
island has almost been carried down Into
Hampton Roads, into which the James
cmpties; as there Is now little left OF
the original jamestown but an island
marsh and the old church tower, fast
falling to decay, and the foundations 81
q few of the once prominent structures;
and the further fact that the few hardy
Englishrnei, who came over In the God
covery, first landed at what is now Old
Point Comfort to- rest and recuperate,
having been driven off Cape Henry by
hostile s;tvages II was decided that some
point near 1t should be chosen at which
10 hold the Jamestown Exposition. Sew
ellis Point. directly opposite Old Point
Comfort, with the broad and deep waters
of Hampton Roads lying between them
was considered the most available and
was happily chosen.
Favored Spot.
In all this broa.l land from the At
lantlc to the Pacific and from Maine 70
the Gulf of Mexico. it would be hard 70
find a spot moro favored by nature and
environments for the great interna'
,ional exposition. There may be other
bodies of water as deep and as wide as
Hampton Roads. with harbor as safe
" land locked. but they are not so ac-
cessible in time OF peace nor so inacces-
siblc In time Of war. Nor can there be
found a point elsewhere, surrounded ny
so many places of historical interest IN
which so many people at home ana
abroad share. points that not only marx
the giant strides OF progress made IN
the last three centuries, but that also
mark the initiative and the final stroke
OF the god OF war in more IMAM one
fierce conflict
Jamestown. where nberty was viz
t,,.Ily. born and Yorktown. where it vir-
tuaIly reached its majority, are close
together: Washington at the head OF
,idewater- on the Potomac and Rich
mond at the head of udewater on the
James. are not far from here. ana not
far from here. or from either OF thein,
is AppomattoN. where the strife that
centred in these two capitals from
Ia. n
its close.
All over Tidewater Virginia are monu-
ments that silently but grimly remind
ua of the cost OF this conflict, put the
later monuments of industry art casting
their softening shadows over am aroutu
them. ard the erstwhile soddsn pat'ie
nlain now yields its golden hfrvests 10
the prosperous husbandmen; AID OUT OF
all this conflict and chaos has come one
OF the most prosperous natlonssoh eaflh,
and ii IS to commemorate ls history
and it's growth and material prosperity
ne we'll as the threehundredtha nniver-
sarv of It's birth, that the jamestown
Exposition will be held on Hampton
Roads this year. commencing q noon on
the 2sth day OF April and dosing nj
the hour OF midnight OF the Suh day of
November.
Government Participation. g
The fact that the government has
appropriated nearly two million dollars
for the various government buildings
naval end military maneWres and
drills for the entertainment OF foreign
nations who will participate. and most
of them have accepted the INVITATION Of
the President of the United States to
do So is a guarantee that uis feature
alone will attract worldwide atten-
ton. a reproduction OF ne famous
battle between the Monitor and Alerrl-
mac as it was fought in Haipton Roads
in 1852 directly In front of MAT Is now
the Exposition Grounds, ant which In
augurated new era in naal warfare,
will be one of the leading features IN
this connection. The goHfnment mas
appropriated $4,000 for MS purpose
alone, and it will certainly ieeply inter-
est every patriotic man, woman and
child in the United States and in otner
countries.
Historic lnterst.
The historic interest tht attaches to
the site of the jamestown Exposition and
to the Immediately Surrounding country
covering a period of threchundred years
from the landing Of the fit English set
tiers to tho present time,s so great and
so well known that only fsSlnS mention
of 1t need be made her Suffice it to
say that it was here ut JAMESTOWN that
the first English settlemet was made in
1907, and which resultedin the English
virtually ruling, or at asst controlling,
the entire Western content; it was here
that the first English mirage in Amer
lea was solemnzed; he the first trial
by jury was held. an here the first
legislative body convted IN 1913; y
was here that the ist English child
was born in America, ind within few
hours ride from Jameown many or inc
mnortnnt battles of 70 Revolution, the
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