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Name: Richard G. Williams, Jr.
Location: Shenandoah Valley, US

"From Virginia sprung the Southern Mind, a mind which favoured the local community, Burkean conservatism, the folkways of ancestors, an unwavering orthodox Christian faith." ~ Alphonse Vinh

17 March 2007

New Jamestown Monument


The Jamestown Children's Memorial

The north side of the monument will read:

In gratitude to the Lord our God for the mercy and kindness bestowed upon the American people and we the children of the twenty-first century, through His providential direction and care of our Jamestown forefathers.

Erected on the four hundredth anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement by the grateful children of America.

The south side of the monument will read:

Jamestown’s Legacy of Freedom:

Christian Worship

Gospel Conversions

Republican Representative Government

Bible-based Common Law

The west side of the monument will read:

“Wee shall by plantinge there inlarge the glory of the gospel, and from England plante sincere religion, and provide a safe and a sure place to receave people from all partes of the worlds that are forced to flee for the truthe of God’s worde.”

Richard Hakluyt, Visionary Founder of Jamestown

The east side of the monument will carry an inscription that reads:

Honor Your Father and Mother that Thy Days May Be Long Upon the Land which the Lord Thy God Giveth Thee.

Exodus 20:12

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