Pocohontas

[oggbashan]

Wednesday 15 March

I visited Pocohantas' burial site in Gravesend, Kent.

There is a statue of her in the churchyard. She was buried under the chancel of the former church, the highest place of honour the citizens of Gravesend could give her, when she died at the very beginning of her journey back to America.

She was only 22 years old when she died.

In England she was treated as a Princess and given an honourable reception at Court, becoming a favourite person there.

I wonder what she thought about visiting England and how different it was from her own country? If she was frightened or overawed by the size of London she apparently gave no sign of it, and behaved with natural dignity at all times.

She is still honoured in Gravesend.

Og

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Wednesday 15 March

I visited Pocohantas' burial site in Gravesend, Kent.

There is a statue of her in the churchyard. She was buried under the chancel of the former church, the highest place of honour the citizens of Gravesend could give her, when she died at the very beginning of her journey back to America.

She was only 22 years old when she died.

In England she was treated as a Princess and given an honourable reception at Court, becoming a favourite person there.

I wonder what she thought about visiting England and how different it was from her own country? If she was frightened or overawed by the size of London she apparently gave no sign of it, and behaved with natural dignity at all times.

She is still honoured in Gravesend.

Og

Thanks Oggs

Sometimes, we loose sight of the fact that behind the stories, there were real people. I'm glad she is remembered and hnored by the people there.

 

[minsue]

Thanks Oggs

Sometimes, we loose sight of the fact that behind the stories, there were real people. I'm glad she is remembered and hnored by the people there.

Hear hear

 

[Norajane]

I can't imagine what a shock it must have been to go to London after growing up in the woods. I get culture shock going from a city to the suburbs.

 

[rgraham666]

I get a nose bleed when I go from the city to the suburbs.

 

[oggbashan]

Pocohontas was buried as Rebecca (her baptismal name) Wrolfe. The church burned down about a hundred years later and her grave site is now unknown except that it is within about 100 feet of her statue.

Gravesend now has Pocohontas trails around the town even though it is doubtful that she ever came to the town except for burial.

I took the ferry boat 'Princess Pocohontas' across the Thames and back. An interesting journey even if the North side of the Thames isn't very scenic at that point.

Og

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

Thanks Ogg,

I never knew she was buried in Gravesend. I'll have to visit the next time I cross the pond.