Want to make a clay pot much like the Native Virginia Indians may have made? Then grab your parents and come to Historic Jamestowne where Colonial National Historic Park presents its Jamestown Pinch Pot program. The program is offered three times daily: 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. from June 16 through August 18. Programs are free but weather dependent. Make yourself a small clay pot and keep it as a souvenir of your visit to Historic Jamestowne.

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Junior Ranger Program

Colonial National Historical Park has two Junior Ranger Programs: Historic Jamestowne, site of the First Permanent English Colony in North America, and Yorktown Battlefield, site of the final major battle of the American Revolution. Both programs were developed to allow families to learn together and are designed for ages 6-12. Each Junior Ranger Program takes about two hours to complete. Booklets can be purchase for $1.75 from each respective gift shop. Learn about America’s early colony beginnings to become a Jamestown Junior Ranger and experience the end of colonial America with the final major battle of the American Revolution to become a Yorktown Junior Ranger. Successful completion of each program earns a certificate of Achievement and a patch symbolizing the historic nature of the site.