Shenandoah National Park and Virginia State Parks Each Celebrate 75 Years Richmond, Va. (PRWEB) March 31, 2011 When the term “the Great Outdoors” was coined it must have been with Virginia in mind.

By LINDA MCNATT BY LINDA McNATT THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT JAMESTOWN - An old sailor helped launch a new adventure early Saturday at Jamestown's 400th birthday party. U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va.

By Linda Mcnatt, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. May 13--JAMESTOWN -- An old sailor helped launch a new adventure early Saturday at Jamestown's 400th birthday party. U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va.

Thousands gathered in Virginia Beach April 26 through Sunday to attend events commemorating the 400th anniversary of Colonists making landfall at Cape Henry in 1607 before founding Jamestown, the nation's first permanent English settlement.

By Victor Reklaitis, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Apr. 27--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Firing their matchlock muskets, a group of English colonists scurried over a dune and back toward shore, bringing with them two comrades wounded by arrows.