Popham Colony celebrates 400th anniversary with weekend long activities

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August 25, 2007 -- PHIPPSBURG, Maine. Lynne White, sitting, of West Springfield, Mass., works on a piece of Bobbin Lace with Jessica Strack, 9, of Reading, Mass. at the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Popham Colony on Saturday as Jessica's mother, Norma, looks on. Jessica made this piece of lace and was ready to keep it going. "Jessica could do this herself anytime," said White, "She came back 2 days in a row and was ready to finish what she started yesterday," said White. "And she did a great job!" .White is a member of The Society of the 17th Century, an organization of 17th and 18th Century re-enactors. The group set up at Popham in order to provide a sense of what life might have been like in the Popham Colony -- which was founded in 1607 in present day Phippsburg. While the colony lasted less than a year, it was one of the first steps towards establishing permanent settlements of Europeans in North America. Photo by Roger S. Duncan.

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August 25, 2007 -- PHIPPSBURG, Maine. Lynne White, sitting, of West Springfield, Mass., works on a piece of Bobbin Lace with Jessica Strack, 9, of Reading, Mass. at the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Popham Colony on Saturday as Jessica's mother, Norma, looks on. Jessica made this piece of lace and was ready to keep it going. "Jessica could do this herself anytime," said White, "She came back 2 days in a row and was ready to finish what she started yesterday," said White. "And she did a great job!" .White is a member of The Society of the 17th Century, an organization of 17th and 18th Century re-enactors. The group set up at Popham in order to provide a sense of what life might have been like in the Popham Colony -- which was founded in 1607 in present day Phippsburg. While the colony lasted less than a year, it was one of the first steps towards establishing permanent settlements of Europeans in North America. Photo by Roger S. Duncan.