One of the best parts of this trip is touring historical sites and understanding how modern America came to be. This area offers so much—Colonial Williamsburg, the Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Battlefield. We rented a car with Dave and Peg from Sea Ya and toured this amazing area for 3 days. If you stay in Yorktown, there is a free shuttle bus to the sites and we would recommend staying 5-7 days to really appreciate all there is to see.
You can trace the beginnings of America to the Jamestown Settlement, and with their Powhatan Indian Village, replicas of colonial ships bringing settlers here, and James Fort with thatched roof houses and military defenses, the living museum brings this all to life with reenactors, hands-on demonstrations, galleries and films. We all learned about navigating with a traverse board, compass and chiplog but we’ll keep our GPS.
Colonial Williamsburg is the largest of the historic areas and recreates America just before the Revolution complete with all the drama, struggle and hope of that time. The story is told throughout the village by multi-cultural actors recreating the arguments for and against revolution from so many perspectives and asking we, the participating audience, what would you choose.
Yorktown Victory Center continues the saga into the Revolutionary War and captures the struggle and hardships through a thought-provoking timeline complete with 10 diverse witnesses to history telling their story as well as a Continental Army Encampment replica and film.
We had so much fun and learned so much. We had a lively discussion about Samuel Johnson's 1759 statement that "a man in jail has more room, better food and commonly better company" than a sailor. Could this be true on 32-foot Baby Grand?
You can trace the beginnings of America to the Jamestown Settlement, and with their Powhatan Indian Village, replicas of colonial ships bringing settlers here, and James Fort with thatched roof houses and military defenses, the living museum brings this all to life with reenactors, hands-on demonstrations, galleries and films. We all learned about navigating with a traverse board, compass and chiplog but we’ll keep our GPS.
Colonial Williamsburg is the largest of the historic areas and recreates America just before the Revolution complete with all the drama, struggle and hope of that time. The story is told throughout the village by multi-cultural actors recreating the arguments for and against revolution from so many perspectives and asking we, the participating audience, what would you choose.
Yorktown Victory Center continues the saga into the Revolutionary War and captures the struggle and hardships through a thought-provoking timeline complete with 10 diverse witnesses to history telling their story as well as a Continental Army Encampment replica and film.
We had so much fun and learned so much. We had a lively discussion about Samuel Johnson's 1759 statement that "a man in jail has more room, better food and commonly better company" than a sailor. Could this be true on 32-foot Baby Grand?
Dave and Peg were here 43 years ago on their honeymoon and here’s a picture of them still having fun.
