On May 13, 1607, Jamestown was established as the first permanent English settlement in North America. Three cultures came together – European, Virginia Indian and African–to create a new society that would eventually seek independence from Great Britain. On October 19, 1781, American and French troops defeated the British at Yorktown in the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Yorktown Battlefield
Reconstructed Revolutionary War Canon in Winter
Bikers at Entrance to Historic Jamestowne Tour Road
Weekend Biking Near Tour Road
Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center
Volunteer Informing Visitors of Interpretive Programs
Bacon's Rebellion
Living History Program
The Royal Artillery Living History Team Firing Yorktown Battlefield's 6 Pounder
Living History Program
Yorktown National Cemetery
This site was selected in 1866 as a good cemetery location in the general vicinity of various Civil War battlefields and scenes of action related particularly to the Peninsular Campaign of 1862
Colonial Parkway
The Colonial Parkway is a twenty-three mile scenic roadway stretching from the York River at Yorktown to the James River at Jamestown
