A history of Virginia for boys and girls . 26 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA It was a long time before John Smith washonored at Jamestown with a monument; but ifyou should go there to-day you would find the year 1907, just three hundred years afterthe founding of Jamestown, a great exposition to celebrate the event was heldnear there ; and it was in thesame year (1907) that themonument to Captain Smithwas erected. It stands nearthe old brick church tower, afigure of bronze on a base ofwhite stone. The head is bareand the left hand rests on thehilt of a sword. On the frontof the stone base is cut
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . 26 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA It was a long time before John Smith washonored at Jamestown with a monument; but ifyou should go there to-day you would find the year 1907, just three hundred years afterthe founding of Jamestown, a great exposition to celebrate the event was heldnear there ; and it was in thesame year (1907) that themonument to Captain Smithwas erected. It stands nearthe old brick church tower, afigure of bronze on a base ofwhite stone. The head is bareand the left hand rests on thehilt of a sword. On the frontof the stone base is cut thisinscription : CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOVERNOR OF JOHN SMITH MONUMENT AT JAMESTOWN 1608. FACTS TO REMEMBER 1. During the first two years and a half at JamestownCaptain John Smith was the ablest and wisest man. 2. While at Jamestown, Smith wrote the first Englishbook ever written in America. 3. Smith also explored the country and made maps, whichwere published in England. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 27 4. In 1907 the Jamestown Exposition was held and amonument to Smith was erected at Jamestown. PUPILS READINGS Chandler: Makers of Virginia History; pages : Story of the Thirteen Colonies; pages : Richard of Jamestown ; pages 54-78. TEACHERS READINGS Chandler and Thames: Colonial Virginia; pages : Stories of the Old Dominion; pages and Burger: School History of Virginia; pages 31-38. Note. — The monument to Captain Smith was presentedto the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui-ties by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bryan of Richmond. Suggestions. — i. This chapter may easily be supple-mented with a story or two of Smiths
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