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The America’s 400th Anniversary: Jamestown 2007 Commemoration was a series of events spanning 18 months,
highlighting the 400th anniversary of Jamestown’s establishment as the first permanent English settlement in North
America. The Commemoration activities were coordinated by Jamestown 2007, a sub-agency of the Jamestown-
Yorktown Foundation. The series of events included 13 Signature Events staged by Jamestown 2007, highlighted
by America’s Anniversary Weekend in May 2007. Additional events included those organized by other agencies or
institutions in partnership with Jamestown 2007, as well as hundreds of community events staged by local
organizations throughout Virginia. These events attracted more than three million participants, including visitors
from Virginia and from outside the state and the country.