Today we drove the Colonial Parkway to Yorktown. What a beautiful road. Our first stop was Yorktown Victory Center. I love how the parks are so interactive with the visitors. Great actors everywhere. We saw what the army encampment would have look like…I am very grateful for todays nice camping gear. They also had a work farm, where they make everything as they did back in time….drying fruits and tobacco…it was a great stop.

We also visited the Yorktown Battlefield….it is truly amazing to stand there where our country was born…our freedoms. The trip included visiting the Moore house were the negotiation for the surrender terms for Cornwallis’s army took place. There is so much history, we do not have enough time to do it all. Enjoy!

Colonial Parkway

Yorktown Victory Center

One of the tents in the army encampment

Army camp

Nice cooking area

Working farm

Inside the farmhouse

Drying fruit and vegetables in the farm smokehouse

Some of the tool they use

This is a tobacco farm…drying tobacco leaves

One of the farm chickens cruising around

Visitor Center for the Battlefield

One of the cannons on the battlefield

Yorktown Battlefield

The Moore House

Wow…today we spent the day exploring Colonial Williamsburg. There is so much history here…the actors and re-creations are excellent. We started at the Governor’s Place. The armament inside the palace was amazing…it was there to protect the palace. We then wander down the street and went through the Bruton Parish Church which is still an active church…since 1715.  We toured the Capitol and the courthouse. General George Washington arrived and inspected some of his troops. The did a demonstration of firing their guns and cannons.

We enjoyed all the period actors who made it very realistic. They are very dedicated as today the temperature was 95 with humidity and they are dressed with the period clothing which looks so very hot.  The Fife and Drum team was excellent….you could hear the drums coming down the street a long ways away….The people who work and volunteer here actually make everything by hand, just as it was done back in the day.

The Governor’s Palace

Governor’s Palace

This is how most of the walls in the palace look like.

More weapons to protect the palace

This is Bruton Parish Church, which is still used today…beautiful.

Burton Parish Church

Bruton Parish Church

Sign on the Church Door

Inside the church

Lovely garden

Wheelbarrow in the garden

The Courthouse

Local woman playing a game

The Capital

The Capitol

Red Coat Soldier

Sewing a tent for General George Washington

Kelly…in the stockade…don’t think that would be a place to be

Waiting for General George Washington

Soldier

Fife and Drum

Soldiers waiting for inspection

General George Washington

Troops

Drummer

Firing their guns

Firing the cannons

Troops preparing to march to Yorktown

marching to Yorktown

It was an amazing day…very enjoyable.