Description

Rising to revolution, the Continental Army led by General Washington encamped at Yorktown. This re-creation is just a short distance from the original site of the battle that won the American Revolution.

Reenactors at Yorktown demonstrate musket drills, cooking and grim war-time medical practices.

At a model 18th-century farm, you can help weed the garden, spin flax into thread and watch costumed interpreters cook in a colonial kitchen adjacent to the farmhouse.

In the galleries, children can play in 18th-century clothes and participate in activities like making woodblock rubbings. Artifacts, including those from an excavated British ship, complete this comprehensive view of military life during the American Revolution.

Admission: $15.25 Adults; $7.25 Children. Combination tickets with Jamestown Settlement are available.

Yorktown is about an hour away from Richmond. Take I-64 east to Route 231 and follow signs.