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Eleven-Thirty
Reception; Twelve-Thirty Luncheon
Nine O'Clock Council Meeting
W. Harrison Schroeder, Governor
Speaker: Dr. Douglas
W. Owsley
Head of the Division of Physical Anthropology
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Members and Guests
$45.00
Reservations close April 25, 2008
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Menu:
1. Rosemary and Black
Pepper Crusted Pork Loin,
Sliced and
Served with a Light Jus,
accompanied by Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
and Fresh Selection of Vegetables;
Summer
Mixed Farmer's Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
or
2. Chicken
Monterey,
Lightly
Seasoned and Sauteed,
Topped with Sliced Avocado, Tomato Concasse and
Melted Monterey Jack Cheese,
Served with a Mustard Cream Sauce;
Spring Salad with Radicchio and Frisse and Blue Cheese Dressing
Above entrees
served with assorted rolls, lavosh and flatbreads with dairy butter;
freshly brewed coffee, decaffeinated coffee and service of hot or iced
tea.
Dessert: Chocolate Decadence Torte with Chantilly Cream
CASH BAR DURING RECEPTION AND LUNCHEON
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Jamestowne Society
P. O. Box 6845
Richmond, VA 23230
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FUTURE MEETINGS:
Fall 2008 Meeting
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Richmond, Virginia
(Note: This is a
tentative revised date. Check Fall 2008 Newsletter and this website for
updates)
Spring 2009 Meeting
Saturday in May 2009
Williamsburg, Virginia
(Note: Date to be
determined. Check Society Newsletter and this website for updates)
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Presentation for the Jamestown Society, May 17, 2008
Forensic Files of the 17th Century Chesapeake
by Dr. Doug Owsley
Division Head for Physical Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
What
can 400-year-old graves tell us?
To scientists, bones and teeth hold answers about people and events.
The evidence preserved in bone, together with written and cultural
records, opens a new, more intimate way to look at the past. The
skeletal evidence introduces us to actual people who made history.
Smithsonian scientists have already opened forensic files on more than
300 of the Chesapeake’s earliest European and African residents.
Their bones and burials are often the only surviving records of real
lives and deaths.
These are the stories of the people who—by choice or by force—came to the
Chesapeake three to four centuries ago and stayed.
Their files are rewriting early American history.
