Historical Signage on Brick Columns at Entrance to the Winter Garden - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11 On December 4, 1619, a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred, about 8,000 acres (32 km²) on the north bank of the James River near Herring Creek in an area then known as Charles Cittie (sic). It was about 20 miles upstream from Jamestown, where the first permanent settlement of the Colony of Virginia was established on May 14, 1607. - The Nature In Us

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We viewed the release of five eagles back into the wild. 7-27-11

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Field of Sunflowers - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11

Sunflowers Are So Bright and Cheerful - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11

A Pond Along the Way From Parking to the Release Site - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11

We Realized After We Arrived That It Was a Major Event - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11
Although we arrived an hour ahead of time, we parked a half mile away from the actual release site.

View of the James River and Crape Myrtles - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11
Special Parking Area for Press, Photographers and Handicapped

Berkeley Plantation Is The Most Historic Plantation on the James River, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11
Berkeley Plantation is one of the first great estates in America, comprised of about 1,000 acres (4.0 km) on the banks of the James River. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred and named after one of its founders of the 1618 land grant, Richard Berkeley.

The Lawn Area Where the Release Was to Take Place with The River in View - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11

Entrance to the Winter Garden - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11
Benjamin Harrison IV built on the estate what is believed to be the oldest three-story brick mansion in Virginia and is the ancestral home to two Presidents of the United States: William Henry Harrison, his grandson, and Benjamin Harrison his great-great-grandson.[

Historical Signage on Brick Columns at Entrance to the Winter Garden - Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia 7-27-11
On December 4, 1619, a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Hundred, about 8,000 acres (32 km²) on the north bank of the James River near Herring Creek in an area then known as Charles Cittie (sic). It was about 20 miles upstream from Jamestown, where the first permanent settlement of the Colony of Virginia was established on May 14, 1607.

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