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The 17th century was a time of violent upheaval and social unrest. St Luke’s Historic Church & Museum will be examining the Colonial conflicts in this living history event with reenactors, a period concert and presentations. Come and enjoy this free event and learn more about the time before our Nation’s founding.
There will be period vendors, demonstrations, and more available. Reenactors will also be present throughout the days.


17th Century Lecture: "Cosmological Considerations of the 1622 Indigenous Attack in Tidewater Virginia" - St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum (stlukesmuseum.org)
FREE ADMISSION THIS WEEKEND
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR LECTURE
At 11 am on Saturday, September 7, Buck Woodard, Ph.D. will present on “Cosmological Considerations of the 1622 Indigenous Attack in Tidewater Virginia”.
“In the spring of 1622 Chief Opechancanough organized a massive, coordinated attack against the English colonials entrenched at James Fort and settled across nascent plantations along the Powhatan [James] River. Mingling amongst the settlers and servants, the Algonquians pretended friendship and alliance, waking with Englishmen for breakfast, arriving with fresh game for the household, and preparing to work in the fields or alongside the colonials with their livestock. In the morning hours, the Algonquians surprised the hamlet residents, attacking and killing over 300 men, women, and children. No farm was spared. Survivors retreated to James Fort. Questions emerge about the impetus for the massive culling and how so many warriors were able to coordinate simultaneous attacks along the 100 miles of riverfront settlements. This paper examines the Indigenous cosmology that justified the English slaughter as well as the Native cultural logic that directed the appropriate timing for the annihilation.”
Buck Woodard, Ph.D.
William & Mary

17th Century Lecture: "Rising Sun: 1622 and the Origin of the British Empire" - St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum (stlukesmuseum.org)
FREE ADMISSION THIS WEEKEND
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR LECTURE
At 1 pm on Saturday, September 7, Mark Summers will present on “Rising Sun: 1622 and the Origin of the British Empire”.
“On March 22, 1622, the English awoke with confidence – confident in their peace with the native Powhatan, their representative government and laws, as well as their tobacco profits. Later that morning that confidence was shattered as nearly 1/4 of English colonists were killed by Powhatan warriors who rose up against the English after nearly two decades of occupation. Yet the English counterinsurgency which followed would lead to more aggressive military tactics, the rise of royal government, and a final conquest of the Powhatan Chiefdom. These events and tactics would echo throughout British imperial history from South Africa to India to Ireland. No empire was ever built nicely.
Join Mark Summers of Jamestown Rediscovery as he examines the conflicts of Jamestown and how it fits in the larger picture of British imperial history and its effects on foreign policy today.
Mark Summers
Director of Youth and Public Programs / Public Historian
Jamestown Rediscovery