The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-28
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Wartime Emb|ens to Be Seen at
Jamestown Exposition
ARCHIVES OF ORIGINAL COLONIES
PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS COLONI.
AIS AND OTHER INTEREST.
ING EXHIBITS.

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 2S.-The patri-
otto associations of the country have
taken the deepest interest in the
jamestown Ter Centennial EXPOSITION
and the Hall of History" will be a
postgraduate institute for students OF
American history. The archives of
the original Is colonies, the private
collections from the homes. historical
societies and associations and muse
ums, have been searched for exhibits
in this department. pictures, doCu-
ments, furniture clothing, silverware,
will bring clearly to the mind of every
observer the salient features of our
nations history, the pivotal events OF
the several eras; the factors, which
combining, terminated the seed plant
ed at jamestown, until it became a CO.
lonial grove which has developed into
a mighty forest of commemorative.
The jamestown Exposition will De
more historical than any previous ex-
position and as an educational factor
along this and many other lines it will
it will be unsurpassed. The constitute
ton of a fire-proof historic-relic build
ings has made it possible to secure
priceless relics and heirlooms which
have never before been placed on pub
lie exhibition.
Portraits of Governors.
From the Virginia state library will
come the portraits of Virginia's gov
errors and many old documents and
manuscripts; from the jamestown ISL
and collection will come the silver SER
vice once used in the church and from
every section Of the state will come CO.
lOnial heirlOOms and war relics of many
kinds. In the North Carolina exhibit
will be the valuable collection of the
Guilford battle-ground company. In the
Connecticut display will be an exhibit
of colonial clocks. the Bishop Seabury
collection of historical pictures and the
Guilford antiques, the latter comprising
the rarest pieces of furniture in Ameri-
ca, a thousandleg table, a Hepplewhite
sofa, Chippendale chairs and tables,
etc. Massachusetts will contribute a
fine historical exhibit of portraits, en-
cravings. laces, samplers, silver and
jewelry, books, manuscripts, auto
graphs, furniture and china. Georgia.
Pennsylvania and Maryland will each
send valuable collection of treasured
heirlooms Each of the original col
onies will contribute largely to this
collection but it will not be confined
to this territory by any means for
from nearly every state will come con-
tributions to this most interesting ex-
hibi.
Great Wooden Eagle.
Among the special historical exhibits
will be the great wooden eagle which,
as a figurehead, graced the bow OF
Commodore Perry's flagship, the Mag
ara: John Smith rock upon which the
head of the cOlOnlSt was ldlu "heh
| rescued by Pocahontas; the anchor OF
the Merrimac which was lost during
the engagement with the Monitor ana
which was but recently recovered; the
/ liberty bell: a tree from which Danlei
Boone once shot a bear; old cannon
| captured at Yorktown and thousands
of other relics and historic articles.
| The collections for this exhibit are
being made by the Daughters Of the
American Revolution. the Colonlal
| DANES. the Society for the Preserva-
| ton of Virginian Antiquities, the
| Daughters of the Confederacy. the So
! ciety of Colonial Wars, the Sons OF the
American Revolution and the various
historical societies of the seVerai
!