Side trip to Jamestown/Yorktown
May 9th, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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Side trip to Jamestown/Yorktown
Ill be spending a week in Va/DC and plan on taking a day to see the Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown. Could I do both sites in one day, leaving from Williamsburg in the morning??
Thanks for any suggestions
Thanks for any suggestions
May 10th, 2010 | 02:55 AM
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Yes. Yorktown is an easy stop at the VC, drive/walk to the military sites type place. Jamestown had an ongoing archeological dig going on, glassblowers, etc. I would spend an hour or two in Yorktown, more in Jamestown unless military history is your passion.
May 10th, 2010 | 08:02 AM
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You should know that there are two Jamestown sites worth visiting -- here's a link describing them:
http://www.destination360.com/north-...inia/jamestown
http://www.destination360.com/north-...inia/jamestown
May 11th, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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There are also two Yorktown sites--
Yorktown Victory Center has a museum with a history of the Revolution, a military camp reenactment, and a colonial farm reenactment:
http://www.historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm
And the Yorktown Battlefield (run by the National Park Service) has a visitor's center:
http://www.nps.gov/york/planyourvisit/index.htm
Yorktown Victory Center has a museum with a history of the Revolution, a military camp reenactment, and a colonial farm reenactment:
http://www.historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm
And the Yorktown Battlefield (run by the National Park Service) has a visitor's center:
http://www.nps.gov/york/planyourvisit/index.htm
