Jamestown Extravaganza

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1 Colonial Virginia Council proudly presents the Jamestown Extravaganza an 18-month program Celebrating 400 Years of Settlement May 1, 2006 thru October 21, 2007 Dear Jamestown Extravaganza Participant: It is with extreme pride and pleasure that we present you with this booklet to use in the recognition of the 400 th Anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown. As this great nation celebrates it s founding, you will be involved in one of the biggest and most memorable celebrations in America. We have sculpted an 18-month program with Jamestown Extravaganza stops that will let you learn about our country s beginnings. Our local area has a wide breadth of historical places that allows a peek into our heritage and past. Jamestown Extravaganza allows you to trace the paths our ancestors took when they colonized America. As you travel from one Jamestown Extravaganza stop to another, learn what you can as you imagine yourself being involved in these vast achievements. Who knows? One day this could lead to you becoming a part of the next step in colonization, Mars. Whether you do or not, there is great excitement awaiting you in your journey along the trails of our proud ancestors. We are re-introducing our Historic Triangle trails. From October 19-21, 2007, we invite you to participate in our gala festivity, Jamestown Expedition. This is an event the whole family can share with you. We intend to have re-enactors and displays, as well as many challenging activities and games in which you can participate. The Jamestown Expedition weekend will conclude with a patriotic and historical pageant you won t want to miss. We hope that you, your unit, and your family have a great time this coming year. Be sure to have your Jamestown Extravaganza booklet signed for all the projects you complete. An adventure of a lifetime is waiting. Get started today. See you at the Jamestown Expedition. Have a safe journey getting there! For the Colonial Virginia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Dean S. Canavos Herb Smith Dick Collins President Commissioner Scout Executive

2 Jamestown Extravaganza 18-Month Program Take your Jamestown Extravaganza Book to year-round events and to the Jamestown Expedition weekend events. It s your souvenir and a record of your accomplishments toward special awards and recognition. The Jamestown Extravaganza program includes, but is not limited to, these tours, events, or requirements. Visit for updates. Suggested Unit Participation: 1. Visit any of the local historical locations. 2. Compete in a Cub Scout Rain Gutter Regatta. 3. Invite a model or RC boat club to a unit meeting. 4. Earn the BSA Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, or Jamestown-Yorktown Historic Trail patch. Suggested Individual Participation: 1. Read a book or see a movie about Jamestown. 2. Write a story about the past 400 years of Jamestown. 3. Research a career in the field of archaeology. 4. Enter the Jamestown Extravaganza Essay Contest. 5. Enter Jamestown Extravaganza Photography Contest. 6. Tiger Cubs: Let s Go Outdoors, Make a Model, Make My Family Special, Picnic Fun, Reading Fun. 7. Wolf Scouts: Books, Books, Books; Family Fun; Native American Lore; Outdoor Adventure. 8. Bear Scouts: Boats, Build a Model, Family Fun, Family Outdoor Adventures, Native American Life, Photography, The Past is Exciting and Important, What Makes America Special. 9. Earn Webelos Activity Badges: Citizen or Traveler 10. Earn Cub Scout Belt Loop: Heritages. 11. Earn Merit Badges: American Cultures, American Heritage, Archaeology, Genealogy, Indian Lore, or Journalism. 12. Earn Venture Outdoor Bronze Award, Sea Scout Bronze Award, Ranger Outdoor Living History. Patch Description The patch is in three parts, each has three segments that represent the "golden triangle" The center segment with the ship represents the first major event in the triangle with the colonization of the area. The segment on the left represents the Native people who inhabited the land and without them the colony may not have survived. There is maize in the segment that represents the food they shared with the colonists. The right segment represents the people who came to Jamestown with the pine tree showing the lush green environment. The brown and green colors represent the land and the bounty of this area. Earning the Patch 1. Center Segment to earn the center segment you must attend the Jamestown Expedition, the weekend event to be held October 19-21, Left Segment to earn the left segment you must visit Jamestown. 3. Right Segment to earn the right segment you must visit five locations above and beyond Jamestown. 2

3 Jamestown Extravaganza Destinations F = Free Admission Adam Thoroughgood House Virginia Beach Lynnhaven House Virginia Beach Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum F Virginia Beach MacArthur Memorial F Norfolk Bacons Castle Surry Mariner s Museum Newport News Belle Isle State Park Lancaster Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library Lancaster Court House Berkeley Plantation Charles City Co Mattaponi Indian Museum King William Co Boykins Railroad Museum Boykins Middlesex County Museum F Saluda Caledon Natural Area State Park F King George Moses Myers House Norfolk Cape Charles Museum & Welcome Center F Cape Charles Museum at Colonial Beach F Colonial Beach Cape Henry Lighthouse Virginia Beach Nansemond Indian Museum F Suffolk Cape Henry Memorial Virginia Beach Nauticus, National Maritime Center Norfolk Casemate Museum F Hampton Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center F Newport News Charles H. Taylor Arts Center F Hampton Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk Chesapeake Museum & Information Center Portsmouth Old Coast Guard Station Virginia Beach Children s Museum of Virginia Portsmouth Pamunkey Indian Museum King William Co Chippokes Farm & Forestry Museum Surry Peninsula Fine Arts Center Newport News Chippokes Plantation State Park Surry Piney Grove at Southall s Plantation Williamsburg Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk Portlock Galleries at Sono F Chesapeake Civil War at Endview Plantation Newport News Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum Portsmouth Colonial Williamsburg (Window #1) Williamsburg Presidents Park Williamsburg Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Virginia Beach Reedville Fishermen s Museum Reedville Courthouse Galleries F Portsmouth Richmond County Museum & Visitor Center F Warsaw Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge Machipongo Riddick s Folly F Suffolk F Cape Charles Rosewell Ruins Gloucester Eastern Shore Railway Museum Parksley RAIL Seaboard Station Railroad Museum Suffolk Evelynton Plantation Charles City Co Shirley Plantation Charles City Co False Cape State Park F Virginia Beach Steamboat Era Museum F Irvington First Landing State Park Virginia Beach Stratford Hall Plantation Stratford / Montross Francis Land House Virginia Beach Surry County Courthouse F Surry George Washington Birthplace National Monument Colonial Beach Surry Nuclear Information Center F Surry Gloucester Courthouse Green & Museum Gloucester The Suffolk Museum F Suffolk Gloucester Museum of History F Gloucester Upper Wolfsnare Plantation Virginia Beach Hampton History Museum Hampton U.S. Army Transportation Museum F Newport News Hampton Roads Naval Museum F Norfolk Virginia Air & Space Center Hampton Hampton University Museum F Hampton Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Virginia Beach Historic Christ Church F Irvington Virginia Living Museum Newport News Historic St. Luke s Church F Smithfield Virginia War Museum Newport News Hunter House Victorian Museum Norfolk Virginia Zoo Norfolk Isle of Wight County Museum F Smithfield Waterman s Museum Yorktown Jamestown Settlement Williamsburg Westmoreland County Museum & Library F Montross Jamestowne, Historic Jamestown Westmoreland State Park Montross Jones-Stewart Mansion at Chippokes State Park Surry Willoughby-Baylor House Norfolk Ker Place Onancock York River State Park Williamsburg Kinsale Museum F Kinsale Yorktown Battlefield Yorktown Kiptopeke State Park Cape Charles Yorktown Victory Center Yorktown Lee Hall Mansion Newport News There is also a program administered by the Virginia Association of Museums called Virginia TimeTravelers. They have a patch for 2006 titled "Colonists to Countrymen " and for 2007 titled "Jamestown Legacy". By combining our two events you could also earn their patch and a certificate signed by the Governor of Virginia! Information about Virginia TimeTravelers is available at participating sites, libraries, State Visitor Centers and Ukrops Supermarkets or visit their webpage at 3

4 Colonial Virginia Council Boy Scouts of America This is your Jamestown Extravaganza Sign Off Page Take this page with you when you visit a site. Have the page stamped at each place you visit. When you have the stamp for Jamestown, show it to your leader. Your leader will request the patch segment for you. When you have the stamp for five additional places, again show your leader. Your leader will request the patch segment for you. Jamestown Destination #2 Destination #3 Date Official Date Official Date Official Destination #4 Destination #5 Destination #6 Date Official Date Official Date Official Name: Unit: 4

5 Essay & Photography Contests In conjunction with the Colonial Virginia Council BSA Jamestown Extravaganza: Celebrating 400 Years of Settlement, the Jamestown Extravaganza Committee is sponsoring an essay and photography contest. Essay Contest Rules 1. The theme of the contest is Scouting and the New World. Describe how Scouting would have been at Jamestown and what types of activities the youth might have been doing. 2. Each registered youth member may submit one entry. 3. The length of the essay shall be as follows: a. Ages 6-9 and no more than 1000 words in the body of the essay; Title page, footnotes, and bibliography are not included in the word count. b. Ages and no less than 300 words and no more than 2200 words in the body of the essay; Title page, footnotes, and bibliography are not included in the word count. 4. All essays must be double-spaced. The essay must be typed in an easy to read font or neatly hand written. The essay shall have a cover page containing the following in order: essay title; contestant s name; address; age; unit number, and chartered organization s name. Each additional page must have your name, and you should number and staple the pages. 5. Competitive categories are by age groups (6-9 years old, years old, years old, and years old). 6. Entries must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on September 30, 2007 to Colonial Virginia Council, BSA, Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606, Attn: Jamestown Extravaganza Essay Contest. 7. Entries become the property of the Colonial Virginia Council and will not be returned. 8. Winning entries will be recognized at the campfire of the Jamestown Expedition. 9. Entries will be judged on content, originality, enthusiasm, neatness, grammar, spelling, and adherence to all submission guidelines. Judges decisions are final. Photography Contest Rules 1. The theme of the contest is Scouting and the New World. Each photographic entry must include one of the local historical sites. 2. Each registered youth member may submit one entry. 3. Film photos shall be submitted, unmated, unframed, and no larger than 5 x 7. An official contest entry form and model release should accompany the entry. 4. Digital entries shall be submitted on photo quality paper, unmated, unframed, and no larger than 5 x 7. Additionally, digital entries must include a digital copy of the submitted work recorded on Compact Disk (CDR). An official contest entry form and model release should accompany the entry. 5. Competitive categories are by age groups (6-8 years old, 9-10 years old, years old, and years old). 6. Entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 30, 2007 to Colonial Virginia Council, BSA, Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA If mailed please include Attn: Jamestown Extravaganza Photography Contest in the mailing address. 6. Entries become the property of the Colonial Virginia Council and will not be returned. 7. All photographs submitted will be displayed at the Jamestown Expedition. 7. Winning entries will be recognized at the campfire of the Jamestown Expedition. 8. Entries will be judged on a 10-point scale that covers six requirements falling in the following categories; creativity, interpretation of the theme, composition, and artistic merit. 5

6 Jamestown Extravaganza Photography Contest Entry Form Name: Unit: Address Phone: Model Release & Authorization to Publish As part of the Jamestown Extravaganza Photography Contest, and for consideration of my satisfaction of being published in any Colonial Virginia Council print or electronic-based medium, I authorize and grant the Colonial Virginia Council the unlimited use of the photograph supplied by me. I acknowledge that no further compensation of any kind will be made by the Colonial Virginia Council or its agents for the use of the photo I have supplied. Each of the identifiable parties in the pictures supplied has signed below their unconditional consent permitting the Colonial Virginia Council unlimited use of the images contained within the photo. I have personally witnessed the signatures below and attest to their validity. Please type or print neatly. Date Signed (by person submitting the entry) Signature of identifiable persons in the photo submitted: Name Person #1 Name Person #6 Name Person #1 Name Person #6 Name Person #2 Name Person #7 Name Person #3 Name Person #8 Name Person #4 Name Person #9 Name Person #5 Name Person #10 6

7 Historic Trails Colonial Virginia Council invites you to hike our Historic Triangle trails. You and your Scouts will take part in one of the most exciting local-council historic trail programs. We offer three hands-on, interpretive programs that will help you offer a high-quality program for your Scouts. Please wear your official Scout uniform. After completing the trail(s), please visit our Scout Shop at Jefferson Avenue in Newport News to pick up your participation patch ($2.25), or you may mail in the participation form in the leaders guide. 1. Jamestown - In 1606, three British ships set sail for America with 144 adventurers on board. They arrived in Cape Henry (Virginia Beach) in 1607, and finally settled in Jamestown. This colony began the first permanent colony in Virginia. To complete this program and earn the patch you will: Look around the Visitor's Center See a historic film Walk around the old town site. Drive the Island Loop. COST: $ 5.00 entrance fee at tour. 2. WILLIAMSBURG - The capital of Virginia moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg in 1699, and from this became the state capital during the "colonial days". In 1862 the Civil War brought national events to Williamsburg during the peninsula campaign. Then the restoration period began in 1926 when Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin shared a vision with David Rockefeller to purchase the historic Williamsburg homes to be restored to their original condition so visitors could appreciate the importance of this era. The Williamsburg tour is designed to avoid the expense and delays of the "official" tour. This historic trail is free and will take you to: The Governor's Palace The College of William & Mary Bruton Parrish Church The Public Gaol 15 houses The Capitol The Public Hospital other local sites 3. YORKTOWN - Just 23 miles from Jamestown Island is the site of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis' British Army to the colonial patriots in In 1930 President Herbert Hoover established a National Park in Yorktown. There are three parts to this program: See a film - the Yorktown Visitor Center has a 16-minute film titled "Siege At Yorktown". After seeing the film you will need to answer some questions. Walk through the museum - see the historic artifacts. Walk the battlefield stations - there are 10 stations to be visited. COST: $ 5.00 entrance fee at tour. 7

8 Jamestown Expedition October 19 21, 2007 Chickahominy Riverfront Park, Williamsburg, VA Public is Welcome! Featuring Weekend camping is open to Boy Scouts, Webelos Scouts, Venture Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Explorers, and Scouters. Cub Scouts are welcomed on a day trip basis. Many area attractions are available to visit as a unit or family. For your convenience, leader books, maps, and directions may be found at starting in January Cub Scout Advancement* Tiger: Let s Go Outdoors, Make a Model, Make My Family Special, Picnic Fun Wolf: HERITAGES, KNOW YOUR HOME AND COMMUNITY, NATIVE AMERICAN LORE, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE Bear: FAMILY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE, HERITAGES, NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE, THE PAST IS EXCITING & IMPORTANT, WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL Webelos: CITIZEN, TRAVELER Boy Scout Advancement* Advancement opportunities will be afforded to complete various requirements, particularly in AMERICAN CULTURES, AMERICAN HERITAGE, ARCHAEOLOGY, CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION, BICYCLING, GENEALOGY, HIKING, INDIAN LORE, JOURNALISM, METALWORK Venturing Advancement* Opportunities will be afforded during the yearlong program to complete various advancements, particularly in the Venturing Bronze Award and more. Registration Deadline: September 30, 2007 The estimated cost is $15.00 for those camping and $2.00 for anyone visiting on Saturday, October 20 th. Children 5 years old and younger will get in free. To obtain registration information and to receive your unit s application for the Jamestown Expedition weekend, please contact: Colonial Virginia Council Boy Scouts of America Jefferson Avenue Newport News, VA Phone: (757) Fax: (757) info@cvcboyscouts.org / 8

9 Colonial Virginia Council Jamestown Extravaganza Patch Segment Request Form Unit: Unit Leader: Scout s Name Left Segment Right Segment TOTAL: 9

10 Jamestown Extravaganza Merchandise 10

11 Jamestown Extravaganza Merchandise Order Form No. 761 (Return to the Scout Shop) Item Size Qty Price Cost 15 oz. Barrel Mug Button Lapel Pin 3.00 Collectible Coin 8.00 Embroidered Basic Polo Shirt S (Color: Heather Gray) M L XL XL XL Embroidered Patch 3.00 Embroidered Sweatshirt S (Color: Heather Gray) M L XL XL XL Insulated Travel Mug 6.00 Printed Basic T-Shirt - Adult S (Color: Heather Gray) M L XL XL XL Printed Basic T-Shirt Youth S (Color: Heather Gray) M L Unstructured Hat (Color: Khaki) TOTAL: Name Address Phone Unit Note: Orders will be collected for 60 days and then ordered from the company. The cut-off dates are as follows: June 30 th February 28 th August 31 st April 30 th October 31 st June 30 th December 30th August 31st 11