Within days of landing at Jamestown in 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and his wingman, Captain John Smith, of Pocahontas fame, visited Shockoe Slip looking for great food and a good place to meet the locals. Really!  There's a monument just south of the plaza commemorating the moment.

The Capitol Building, designed and built in 1785 by that well known Virginian, Thomas Jefferson is just a stone's throw from here. With a really good arm, you could also pelt St. John's Church, site of Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech at 25th and Broad.  OK, maybe not, but ...

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