At the Yorktown Battlefield Revolutionary War
re-enactors demonstrate camp life, military tactics, and
weaponry of the Revolution in demonstrations
throughout the summer.
In a tent camp setting at the Yorktown Battle Site they
stage competitions in musket speed-loading and firing,
fire-starting, and period games.
Twenty miles from
the Yorktown
Battlefield at
Virginia's
Jamestown
Settlement, historic
interpreters
demonstrate the
trades brought to the
shores of
Chesapeake from
England in 1607
Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg,Virginia
Jamestown Glassblowing
Shortly after the settlers arrived they built Americas first commercial enterprise. By 1608 a glass works
near the first settlement was established.
You can visit a replica building and watch glass artists at work.
Watch for the Glass House on the Colonial Parkway.
How to reach The Yorktown Battlefield site near Jamestown Virginia:
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) is a half hour's drive away and has five rental car
companies operating from the airport..  
Norfolk International Airport (NIA)  is forty miles south ( seven rental car companies)
Richmond International Airport (RIC)  is 45 miles north with eight rental car companies. ..
Yorktown Battlefield, Jamestown Colonial Williamsburg Virginia
To experience Continental Army life firsthand, visitors can try on uniforms, drill with
wooden muskets, and learn about the soldiers’ provisions, sleeping quarters, medical
remedies, and they can watch flintlock musket and artillery demonstrations.
Visitors can also join in a militia drill on a re-created 1780s farm to learn about the
role of citizen soldiers during the war.
Take a Yorktown Battlefield history vacation and also find
Revolutionary War history at Colonial Williamsburg where you will
find good family lodging and Colonial Williamsburg Hotels such as
Wolf Lodge.
Within 20 miles of the Yorktown Battlefield site find Bush Garden,  
Water Country  Yorktown VA hotels and Jamestown hotels.  Look for
Colonial Williamsburg discount tickets and Williamsburg golf
packages.  Williamsburg Winery tours and many other attractions are
nearby,    
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Yorktown Battlefield, Jamestown Settlement, and Colonial
Williamsburg Virginia are at the center of a Colonial
drama that ended at the Yorktown Battlefield.
Revolutionary War re-enactors at Yorktown demonstrate
camp life, and weaponry of the Revolution.
Yorktown Battlefield, Jamestown Settlement, and Colonial Williamsburg Virginia are at the
center of a Colonial drama that ended at the Yorktown Battlefield. Yorktown Battlefield,
Jamestown Settlement, and Colonial Williamsburg are within the 20-mile Historic Triangle in
the Jamestown Virginia area.
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How to reach Jamestown:
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) is
a half hour's drive away and has five rental car companies
operating from the airport..  
Norfolk International Airport (NIA)  is forty miles south (
seven rental car companies)
Richmond International Airport (RIC)  is 45 miles north with
eight rental car companies. ..
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adequate luggage space, car seat, baby carriage,   two door, four door and other
options.
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The Jamestown Settlement, the Yorktown Battlefield,  and the Preserved Colonial Village of Williamsburg
are within 20 miles of one another in the Jamestown Virginia area.
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