Halloween & Thanksgiving tourism
I've always wanted to visit the places the Puritans walked when they first established the settlers.
I want to visit museums and read the documents and do a full immersion visit, preferably by train.
Gonna update with my itinerary after more research.
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https://themaritimeexplorer.ca/2018/05/23/jamestown-settlement/
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Salem
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Sleepy Hollow
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This to me is the most interesting Plymouth Plantation
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Plymouth tour
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This one is a family friendly
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Jamestown
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I've been wanting to do a similar trip as a Brit with an interest in colonial US history, is it possible by train or would it be necessary to get a rental car.
Possible and good are different things. Boston area is pretty ok to get around with transit so a trip from say NY or DC to Salem (keep in mind it's a long way) is feasible.
Where it starts getting difficult is Virginia and rural areas. Jamestown isn't worth it imo. Williamsburg is kinda cool and I think you can get there on the train. Mt
Vernon is outside DC and can be reached with public transit though it may take a while but Monticello is also very interesting, imo more in interesting, Jefferson was very creative, but harder to get to. civil war sites will be mostly difficult to get to.
I'm more interested in Jamestown and Plymouth than the rest. The very first settlements. Especially the specifically Puritan one.
Plymouth is still a normal town. There's a few historic things to see and exhibits about life in the colony. Jamestown is a national park, its not a town anymore, there's ruins of some original structures and again, exhibits about life during its era. I feel like you'll quickly run out of things to do at both places, the US didn't do much to preserve its history until the 20th century when interest in such things grew so a lot of things fell into disrepair or were destroyed altogether... Of the two, I think Plymouth is more interesting, and its a cozy little town in general, a nice place to visit aside from the history.
I don't understand why they don't restore Jamestown ruins.
Don't forget the gay little rock
I read somewhere it's been around for centuries and the 1620 imprint has too.
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Amtrak isn't avail but I found this:
https://seeplymouth.com/listing/mbta-commuter-rail/
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Cute hotel in Plymouth
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If you mean Roanoke Colony on Roanoke island near Manteo down in the Outer Banks then it is a bit disappointing. There is nothing left there. It is just some small trench that served as a foundation for the fort. There are no ruins to look at and there is no recreation history. The tour guide/park ranger is still fun.
There is a theatre there that does a widely-known fictional play about the settlers and the indians as well as these beautiful gardens called the Elizabethean Gardens that is amazing to wonder around in. Not bad but we were a bit dissapointed because we thought it would be more like Williamsburg or Jamestown. I would say colonial Williamsburg is a must, it is so damn huge and immersive.
A couple of other cool spots you may or may not have time for
>Fredericksburg and Chatham Manor
>Stratford Hall
>Carters Grove
>Fort Monroe
>Bacon's Castle
>Smithfield and St. Luke's Church