Sunday started off with a devotional at the location of the great Colonial Williamsburg Oak Tree. It's branches created 100 feet of leafy canopy. It's trunk was 65 inches wide. It was a century older than the United States and provided a place to think for the likes of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
But the Great Oak at Colonial Williamsburg succumbed to the Christmas ice storm of 1998. The 300 year-old tree was declared dead after its branches, unable to support layers of heavy ice, came crashing to the ground. All that remains is the trunk...
Alma 37:6 ...but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
After the devotional, we went to the original Jamestown settlement. The first permanent English settlement in the New World began at Jamestown, Virginia, May 13, 1607.
This is what is left of a structure in historic Jamestown.
Next on our journey was the St. John's Episcopal Church. We had the opportunity of seeing a reenactment of the famous Patrick Henry speech given on March 23, 1775.
Outside of St. John's Church.
We then traveled several hours to the Washington DC Temple. The air conditioner in our bus was not working, so we had a loooong trip.
Our last stop was to our hotel in D.C.
We got to see a very cool thing today! They have always thought Pocahontas got married here in the original Jamestown, but they never had an exact place. Six weeks ago, they uncovered the remains of a church that has been identified as the place she was married. We were able to see that new discovery of history. It was very neat.
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