This  Education and Community Project aims to:

Celebrate the historic connections between the County of Lincolnshire, and other parts of Eastern England, and the early history of English Speaking North America, by

• Promoting the celebration of Jamestown 2007, the Pilgrim Fathers in 2007 and 2008 and the Links between Boston, Lincs and Boston, Mas., in 2009
• Encouraging schools to be interested in  the lives of individuals from their communities who were involved in early American history
• Providing school pupils/students with opportunities to be involved in writing, illustrating, publishing and marketing short accounts of these historic  links 
• Encouraging Teachers and Heads from both sides of the Atlantic to work together on projects, including exchanges
• Encouraging communities to develop links with American communities with whom they have a common heritage 

Funding: The project is currently based on a co-operative venture between the schools and communities involved and Julian Bower Associates Ltd.

Linking schools and communities: In encouraging and assisting schools and communities to make links with schools and communities in the USA, the focus has been on early settlements in Virginia and New England. The Project has helped schools to visit Jamestown, to set up ‘e-pal’ links with classes in American schools, and to encourage Teachers' visit.

East Lindsey District Council has been actively involved in the ARIES project and the 2007 Jamestown 400^th anniversary celebrations as a participant in the Virginia 2007 Community programme. See www.jamestown2007.org.  ELDC have developed and published the ‘On the trail of Captain John Smith, a voyage of Discovery, Lincolnshire to Virginia' which takes visitors through John Smith's native Lincolnshire, and has provided information and interpretation boards at key sites. For copies of the trail leaflet, phone 01507 609289

Three other useful websites are: www.visitlincolnshire.com      www.beginyouradventure.co.uk and www.historyisfun.org/jamestown which is the Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown website, managed by the State of Virginia.