Yorktown

We went from Jamestown (yesterday's post) directly to Yorktown, site of the last major land battle of the Revolutionary War. After poking our head in the Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center, we decided it wasn't worth the price and focused on the battlefield itself. We ambled around for a bit, but (to be candid) there's not much left; a few redoubts and a nice victory monument (which came 100 years later). I got the impression that you had to be really into the battle to understand and enjoy the landscape.

We went west from here to the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. They had a nice outdoor exhibit (a farm and recreation of continental army camp). The indoor museum was nice, too, and very similar (in size and layout) to Jamestown's. Like Jamestown, this is billed as a living history museum, and its focus is on the country's founding in general (not just the battle).

We ended the day pretty tired (having driven from our home to Jamestown, seen that, and then to Yorktown). We left the museum as it was closing and headed off to find food and prepare for the next day's adventures.