Spring 2009 Membership Meeting

"The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail"
  Presentation by Patrick Noonan, Chairman Emeritus, The Conservation Fund
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Guest Speaker, Patrick Noonan
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Gov. Carter B. S. Furr, Esq.
Patrick Noonan, guest speaker, was introduced at the meeting by Carter B. S. Furr, Esq., Governor of the Society.
The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail was established by Congress just before the 400th Anniversary of the First Permanent English Settlement in America at Jamestowne.  The Trail commemorates and retraces the journey of Smith and his companions who left Jamestowne in small boats to travel almost 3,000 miles along the shores of the Chesapeake and its tributaries.  Their travels brought them into contact with Native Americans, and helped them understand better this new land they had chosen to be their home.  Smith's 1612 map is amazingly accurate; his assessment that "heaven and earth never agreed to form a more perfect place for man's habitation" was based on his findings on these early journeys.  The John Smith National Historic Trail helps visitors learn about  Native American history, early English settlement, and the bounty of the Bay's resources. Resources aiding in interpretation include an innovative interpretive buoy system.  Visit the National Park Service's site on the Trail, Baygateway's "Captain John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages," and The Conservation Fund sites for more details on the Trail and its history, and the Conservation Fund itself.

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The photo to the right shows the miniature replica of John Smith's Shallop, presented to Governor Furr by Mr. Noonan as a gift to the Jamestowne Society.
Photos from the May Membership Meeting

Ruth Hemmingway, Governor of the Florida Gulf Coast Company, received their charter from Gov. Carter B. S. Furr, Esq.
Below are informal photos taken of the members before and after the presentation. Click a photo to see enlarged.
Group photo to the right is from the Governors' Roundtable, held on Friday before the membership meeting. Carolyn Kendrick Farmer, Companies Chair, assembles Company Governors from across the country for this planning meeting which lasts all day and includes a luncheon.
Following the Membership Meeting, an Observance of the Anniversary of the First Permanent English Settlement in America at Jamestowne was held on Jamestowne Island. Leaders of historical and genealogical societies gathered to honor the occasion. Governor Furr represented the Jamestowne Society.



Last Update  9 October 2014