The Yorktown victory turned the tide of the Revolutionary War and led to American independence. You can experience that historic moment at Yorktown

Gumbo spent the last week visiting the Yorktown National Battlefield Memorial in Yorktown Virginia.

Yorktown Battlefield

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Capt. Fitzgerald, Aide to Gen. George Washington, browsing for history books at the Williamsburg Booksellers. He had marched with others all the way from Massachusetts to the Yorktown Battle (reenactment). All reenactors & townspeople in period clothing never step out of character and will talk to you only about the time period they live in - so it was quite a surprise to encounter Captain Fitzgerald here. He described his uniform & told about his journey. Photo John A. Ward 2006.

A blast from the past of Yorktown Battlefield... An aerial view of Redoubt #9 and the American Grand Battery that was taken in the very early 1980's. NPS Photo

Yorktown Battlefield is an historic site on a Revolutionary War Road Trip on US Route 60 from Charlottesville to Yorktown, VA

Battlefield at Yorktown, part of the COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK. At the northern end of the Colonial Parkway, in York County at Yorktown, the park operates the Yorktown Battlefield. The Nelson House, which was built around 1724, may have served as Cornwallis’s headquarters during the final battle of the Revolutionary War, and the battlefield was the site of the British defeat. Both the house and the historic siege earthworks were restored in 1976.

1781.Surrender of Cornwallis. At York-town, VA Oct. 1781, Nathaniel Currier. D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts.George Washington. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. Nathaniel Currier.Yorktown Battlefield.