We left Raleigh at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Our first campground was in the Williamsburg area for our visits to the American Revolution Museum and the Yorktown battlefield.
YORKTOWN:
Friday we visited the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, VA. It’s a beautiful museum and we spent about 5 hours there. It tells the story of the colonial period to the dawn of the Constitution and beyond. Comprehensive indoor exhibits and outdoor living history capture the epic scale of the Revolution and its relevance today. The film Liberty Fever sets the stage for indoor gallery and outdoor experiences. The indoor gallery features artifacts, immersive environments, interactive exhibits and the film, The Siege of Yorktown, with a 180 degree surround screen and special effects.
Outdoor exhibits include a re-created Continental Army encampment where costumed historical interpreters explain medical practices and the soldiers demonstrate how to fire a flintlock musket. We especially enjoyed the Revolution-era farm based on a real-life 18th century family.
Saturday we went back to Yorktown to the Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center which has a 15 minute film about the siege at Yorktown as well as exhibits including portions of the very tents used by General Washington during the siege. We drove the automobile tour of the battlefield and then took the free Trolley into Historic Yorktown for lunch and a stop at Ben and Jerry’s before catching the Trolley back to the Visitor’s Center to get the car and come back to the campground.
Sunday we backtracked to Petersburg, VA where we camped while visiting Richmond Historic sites.
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