Commentary
For anyone who needs to brush up on their knowledge of American history, particularly claims made in the “1619 Project,” I highly recommend watching one of the latest episodes on EpochTV “The Shortcomings of Jamestown” the second in a three-part series entitled “The American Story.”
In this episode “The Shortcomings of Jamestown,” host Timothy Barton, president of WallBuilders; and Jonathan Richie, Assistant Director of the American Journey Experience; tell the true story of the colony at Jamestown. Most of what Columbus explored was in Central and South America, however, the colonies in North America are what would establish and eventually become the United States. Although Columbus discovers the New World in 1492, the Jamestown colony and the colonization by Englishmen were not founded until 1607, over a hundred years later. Richie reads interesting writings of the day which address this gap, citing that the Reformation in Europe resulted in the people who moved to America wanting to escape religious persecution….