Jamestown, VA - Historic Jamestowne is the original site of the Jamestown colony. Located on Jamestown Island along the Colonial Parkway, this unique site is administered by the National Park Service and Preservation Virginia.
At Historic Jamestowne, you can watch the unearthing of America's foundations as archaeologists with Jamestown Rediscovery excavate the recently discovered site of the 1607 James Fort.
Yorktown, VA - In Yorktown, George Washington led the Colonists in this war, along with the French on their side. They tricked the British, led by Cornwallis, into thinking they were in New York. They went south to Virginia and surprise-attacked them, and he cut off their escape path on the York River.
It is most famous as the site of the surrender of General Cornwallis to General George Washington on October 19, 1781. Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown did effectively end the American Revolutionary War. Yorktown also figured prominently in the American Civil War (1861–1865), serving as a major port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time.
Today, Yorktown is part of an important national resource known as the Historic Triangle of Yorktown, Jamestown and Williamsburg.
Pic 1) Joe @ Virginia Beach
Pic 2) Jamestown
Pic 3) Jamestown
Pic 4) Jamestown
Pic 5) Yorktown
Pic 6) Yorktown - not sure what this is....LOL
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