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RECAFFEINATED MONDAYS: Land Ho!

On this day in 1607, British colonists landed at Cape Henry, Virginia, the first landfall of the company that would establish the first permanent English settlement in North America. Captain Christopher Newport, and the three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery, dropped anchor at Cape Henry, on April 26, 1607 before sailing …

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First Landing

On this day in 1607 English colonists made landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia. The settlers did not come ashore until April 29 because the Reverend Robert Hunt who later founded the church at Jamestown, called for three days of prayer and fasting. Reverend Hunt said “From these very shores the Gospel shall go forth to …

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