Cannon on the Yorktown Waterfront
Flag in front of the Visitor Center
Entrance to National Park Site
Canons on the earthworks
The 24 pound siege cannon
The 6 pound field cannon
Gabions - for building earthworks
Stefan, a trove of US History knowledge!
Redout 10
American Battleworks
Location of American battleworks
Stefan again
More American Battleworks
Part of French and American Advance Line
More of the communicating trench
Prickly earthworks
War is still not good for children
Looking out toward the York River
Interpretive Sign
Moore House was not open
Lovely view of the River from Moore House
These are the marker signs you follow
The other tour - we didn’t take it.
Near Surrender Field
Surrender Field - where the surrender happened
Inside the Visitor’s Center
Washington had to get his five cents in
Yorktown Victory Monument
Goddess of Victory
Yorktown Monument
Detail of the monument
Females representing 13 original colonies
Arriving at the Yorktown Victory Center
Flags out front
Plaques - 13 original colonies
Part of the Timeline
Exhibit on the Seven Years’ War
The encampment
Muskets
One of the officers
Another interpreter
The tents. Each large tent held a company - 6 men
Officer’s Cot
Desk inside the Officers’ tent
Dinner in the Officer’s tent - Yum!
Talking about colonial troop cooking
Each stove fed one of the 11 companies - a tentful
Checking out hardbread.
Some of the food for the week
More hard bread
Temporary Housing for Visitors - Sweet!
Provisions
More liquid provisions
Musket demonstration
Firing
Winged Victory
Approaching the farm
Cooking in the farm
Some of the dried food
Dried food
Dutch ovens in use
The kitchen garden
More of the kitchen garden
The slave garden
The sun sets over the York River
