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Sailing through history: Ocean View shrine marks Susan Constant’s arrival in Virginia

A stern view of Jamestown Settlement’s founding fleet sailing in the Chesapeake Bay on April 25, 2007, in advance of the 400th anniversary commemoration of Jamestown. Shown from left, the Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery were designated as the “official fleet of the Commonwealth” by the Virginia General Assembly. Courtesy of Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
A stern view of Jamestown Settlement’s founding fleet sailing in the Chesapeake Bay on April 25, 2007, in advance of the 400th anniversary commemoration of Jamestown. Shown from left, the Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery were designated as the “official fleet of the Commonwealth” by the Virginia General Assembly. Courtesy of Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Bob Ruegsegger (Courtesy image)
By | bruegse@yahoo.com | Correspondent
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When the replica of the Susan Constant leaves the Jamestown Settlement for restoration at the Mystic Seaport Shipyard in Connecticut this month, it will sail past a spot in Norfolk’s Ocean View where the original Susan Constant stopped to weather a storm on its arrival in Virginia in 1607.

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