Yorktown
Drove to greater Williamsburg avoiding freeways where ever possible. Parked carbus and then off to reconnoiter. Finally ended up at the NPS visitor center for the Yorktown battlefield. Toured the museum, watched the descriptive video, and drove through some of the battlefield sites. As with other battlefields we have seen it is interesting to see the dimensions of a battle. In many cases opposing lines were only yards apart. Fighting was often point blank or hand to hand. The final charge that over ran the British at Yorktown was done with bayonets and unloaded rifles.
After the battlefield we drove the town of Yorktown. Small town, many period style buildings and homes, some actually old. Lots of tourist style activities and businesses. Have to work to pick out the history from all the stuff.
Battlefields aren’t very picturesque. This is Victory Monument that Congress authorized to commemorate the Yorktown victory that led to end of War for Independence. Only took 100 years to get it built after it was authorized. Pretty quick actually.
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