“You can’t celebrate an invasion.” Mary Wade of the 2007 Jamestown steering committee

“For a whole year or more we shall celebrate the fact that a bunch of British buffoons who knew nothing of what they were doing colonized a swamp for the sake of Christianizing Indians.” Virginia Gazette

2007 will be the first national centennial event in American history in which our leaders officially want to diminish, lament, and apologize for the influence of Christianity, Christian law, and Christian heroism in the planting of the American people and the foundations of the American Republic. This unprecedented embarrassment over our Christian history by the organizers of a centennial event is a national shame. (Vision Forum Ministries believes our sons and daughters must be our history as a people. We will be in Jamestown next year with a special week of unforgettable and distinctively Christian events designed to cultivate gratitude in our children, even as we give honor to the Lord. More on this later.)

For the Tercentennial (1907), millions came to remember the providence of God in laying the foundation of a free republic through the legacy of the Jamestown settlement. These included diverse individuals, few of whom likely questioned the Christian origins of the nation. Among the millions who came to celebrate the historic event were foreign dignitaries including the royalty of Europe and the military leaders of Japan, as well as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Teddy Roosevelt, and Booker T. Washington.

For 2007, the Queen of England will be returning to Jamestown. Due to her longevity as a reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth will be the only international leader of note to have attended both the 350th and the 400th anniversary.

Read more about it at “Queen Elizabeth to visit U.S. for Jamestown anniversary”