Berkeley Plantation | Actual Site of Our First Day of Thanksgiving to God | Charles City, Virginia
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This Berkeley Plantation is a historic 1726 Georgian Style Mansion built right on the James River. Where well documented settlers on the Good Ship Margaret (my apologies I said Mary while making this video) who sailed to Virginia in hopes of a better life, were hit with bad weather and rough seas on their 2 1/2 month sailing across the Atlantic. Once they landed were told by their captain to get on their knees and thank Almighty God, for them making it across alive. "...shall be a yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God." December 1619. This was 13 months before the Pilgrams landed in Massachusetts.
But long after the very first Thanksgiving came this Plantation which was home to Benjamin Harrison V (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) and his grandson William Henry Harrison (9th U.S. President) and his grandson Benjamin Harrison (23rd U.S. President). This mansion has seen about 10 presidents, Union soldiers and so much more. Please watch full video for more history! This place is so rich in history, a well worth stop if your ever in the area.
Filmed October 21, 2022 By Curtis and Melissa | Adventures Are Out There
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Wow, this was amazing to see the plantation! What a cool learning opportunity. Love that they were ordered to thank God, wish this were ordered today!
I know right, Amen to that :) We hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving! Happy moving day tomorrow!! :)
Loved this story!!! That little cat was so adorable & you know we love our bourbon LOL. How neat it was the first place to make it here in America. Cheers guys! - Theresa
Yes the cat was so cute, lol. Yes bourbon made there how neat to learn :) Imagine what it would have tasted like, lol. Thanks for watching Theresa! xoxo Melissa
First watching
Great share my dear friend
Have a wonderful time
it definitely has a long history to be remembered a very interesting video thanx for sharing
Nice walk my friend, a beautiful place. Thanks for showing us. See you
Thank you very much!
This historic plantation was great to see and hear about Melissa , found out things I didn't know ! This was such an historic place to visit . That's fascinating that this is where the first thanksgiving was held in 1619 and how that's why it was declared a holy day of thanksgiving to God for the safe crossing of the founding fathers, they were so brave ! This was a beautiful mansion in beautiful grounds and amazing that 10 presidents have lived there and that the first whiskey in America was distilled there along with the composition of the song " Taps " . This place is really rich in history and was great to see , thanks for another well explained tour 👍 ~ Anna
Hello Anna! Yes, so much History happened in this area, I could have made a 2 hour video, lol thank you so much for watching, we appreciate you! xoxo Melissa
Berkeley plantation is beautiful ❤️ I went numerous times. I remember I paid 6 dollars per visit back then 😆 long time ago. You did an amazing job showing off this beautiful plantation and the grounds. 👍 It's amazing that the first Thanksgiving was held there the cemetery is incredible.
Thanks Nicole, so cool you have been before. The inside was so beautiful wish I could have filmed it :)
Wow. Amazing!! Loved watching ur today's video.
Stay connected 😊🙋🏼♀️
Thanks so much :)
This so cool to learn about the first Thanksgiving. I had no idea!!
So much American history started here!! The founding fathers must have been so thankful to have landed after that crazy journey.
Loved this one Melissa - learning about the settlers and the Presidents that lived there - amazing.
And learning about what Thanksgiving is.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving you guys 👍👍👍
Thanks Dave and Sue :) Hope your having a blessed week :) Appreciate you watching xoxo - Melissa
I love the history of this place. It is so cool. My family is from Charles City back in the 1700's. I have always wanted to go. I didn't know that about Thanksgiving.
Neat!! SO much history here! Yeah the Thanksgiving history got lost, until John Tyler was researching the papers from those ship documents and found it :) Its all in the Library of Congree, really neat to learn :)
I didn't know the story of the first Thanksgiving along the James River before the pilgrims even arrived. That is such a cool story. This place has a lot of fascinating history. Thanks for sharing it with us. And we hope your family has a happy Thanksgiving!
We didn't know it either. When King James sent the ship The Good Ship Margaret he sent historians along with it, and it is all documented in the Library of Congress. Nice it was ordered to give Thanks to God for a safe journey there :) Day of THanks to God :) We have so much to be Thankful for, yall have a great Thanksgiving as well!!
Heyyyy this is amazing and very informative such beautiful pictures and scenery the water gorgeous ...Wonderful landmarks enjoyed watching
Thank you so much 🙂 xoxo Hope your having a blessed week!!
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I'd never heard of the Jamestown Thanksgiving. We even missed it when we were in Jamestown last summer. Very cool! It was neat to see the plantation, too! Thanks for sharing!
This place was about is about 36 minutes away from Jamestown. These people eventually went to Jamestown because there was safety in numbers. :) Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the lovely tour . I enjoyed it very much. 👍😍🙏❣️😊
That is quite some history over there! Always fun to see how these places look like right now!
Awesome tour and visit, Melissa. Interesting to learn the history. Whoa, I've never seen a cat walk backwards before! LOL. Seeing that cannon ball in the wall was one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile. So awesome! Great job on your video highlighting the area. Have a wonderful day.
Haha you caught me reversing that video, lol! That cannon ball was interesting, so glad they kept it there :) Hope you have an awesome THanksgiving!!! xoxo Melissa
Really interesting video. Love the driveway up to the house for starters and so much history in the house itself. Being from Gloucester it is interesting to know that 4 men from Gloucestershire played their part. Great share and a very well put together video. 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks Watto! Thats so cool that you are from Gloucester! Maybe your related to some of the early settlers :)
Very interesting....Berkeley Plantation.... Beautiful lake view....
Thanks for sharing this interesting and wonderful Travel vlog with us, keep up the great work too! You have our support~
It's nice to learn about how the first thanksgiving came about! That looks like a very friendly cat!. When I think of bourbon, I always think of Kentucky. That is nice to know! So much history, and I enjoyed this, friends! I hope you're feeling much better from your cold. Take care ❤
Thanks, feeling much better, thanks so much for the nice comment! We appreciate you guys! xoxo and Happy THanksgiving! :)
Loved seeing how the first Thanksgiving came to be, also I love the tour of the plantation and the property!
Thanks Emily, this place was full of so much history :)
A really beautiful place, and the history is great to hear. Wonderful video
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Wow such an amazing video! You taught me so much with this one, I love it! So cool go go visit there, thanks for sharing! Wonderful video beautiful family ❤❤
xoxo thanks so much for tuning in!! Hope you have a blessed week! Happy Thanksgiving! :)
What an awesome place to visit! Got us even more in the Thanksgiving mood -- thanks for all the awesome info and great sights 👏
Glad you enjoyed it! So glad you enjoyed, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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Such a cool history lesson. Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for.
Thanks so much for watching John! Hope your family has a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!!
The plantation sounds interesting to explore - it definitely has a long history to be remembered.
Yes it sure does, thanks for watching Donna! :)
This is an area that we have visited a few times. The historic locations are so interesting. I was born close to where one of the original colonists. John Smith, was born so had an added interest to visit. We did not visit the plantation though as there was so much further down the river that we were keen to see. Interesting video once more. Have a great day.
Thank you Ivor! How neat, we visited Jamestown and learned so much about John Smith that we never knew! What a tough guy he was, wow! THanks so much for watching :)
Nice tour and video. Thank you for sharing 👍
Beautiful place thanks for sharing sister God bless you
Thank you so much 🙂
We've been in the area of this plantation several times (one being during our honeymoon) but haven't yet visited. Someday we'll have to make a stop when we return to the area. Thanks for sharing!
Very neat!! Such a historic area!!
@@AdventuresAreOutThere indeed, it is!
Hmmmm. I didnt know this was the first place for Thanksgiving. LOL. Very cool. You just educated me on this. LIKE 12. 👍👍👍👍
lol we didn't either, most people don't it got lost in history, but they have it all documented papers, its all kept at the Library of Congress :)
What a cool history lesson. Happy Thanks Giving dear
Thanks you so much, you too :)
Interesting tour. Not sure how much stock we'd put in rewritten history by a group of people related to the property in the 50's but interesting non the less. The signers of the Declaration suffered much. Thanks for sharing.
Great information ❤loved learning about thanksgiving ❤😊
So glad! Thank you so much for watching :)
Nice video friend thank you for sharing
Thanks for the useful info..have a nice day..😊
Great vlog!! I learned alot!! Thanks for sharing!!
Glad it was helpful! :)
Very nice, thanks for the look around,
a beautiful and historical place 👍👍
Wow nice plantation my friend
Awesome video my friend👍
Greetings from Newport News Va
thanks Dave!!!!
Hi, Adventures.
What's another educational adventure! Right at the Thanksgiving.
Did the black cat just walk backward? 2:31The basement/museum has full of information. I strongly suggest anyone visit. Thank you.
lol I reversed the video, good catch lol
@@AdventuresAreOutThere I knew it..LOLStay warm.
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