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Roundup

5-4-07

Jill Lepore: The History of Jamestown

The celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown kicks into gear this week, with Queen Elizabeth touring the site of the first permanent English settlement on Friday. We look back 400 years with historian Jill Lepore.

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