JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Rediscovery is looking back on the failed rebellion that led to the site’s burning nearly 350 years ago.

To reflect the history of Bacon’s Rebellion, which peaked on Sept. 19, 1676, Historic Jamestowne is hosting walking tours each Saturday at 2 p.m. throughout September. Hosted by public historian Mark Summers, Jamestown Rediscovery’s education director, tours will begin at the Pocahontas statue and run for about an hour. The guided tours will showcase sites where Nathaniel Bacon confronted Gov. William Berkeley while discussing Jamestown’s late 17th century politics.

Jamestown will host a day of programs on Sept. 20 further detailing the historic rebellion, including a lecture by Summers at 11 a.m. on the England and Virginia events leading to the conflict and a w

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