Independence Day A foot race, arts and crafts, musical entertainment and fireworks are highlights of Yorktown`s family-oriented celebration, sponsored by the Yorktown Fourth of July Celebration Committee. Yorktown, VA, (757) 890-3500, Entrance Fee. more...
Saturday 7/18/2009
Fee Free Weekend This weekend is a chance for a free visit to Colonial National Historial Park. more...
Royal Artillery 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM, 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM, 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM, 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM A volunteer unit, representing the British Royal Artillery will live fire a replica 18 pounder cannon similar to the one`s their respective unit fired at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. more...
Sunday 7/19/2009
Fee Free Weekend This weekend is a chance for a free visit to Colonial National Historial Park. more...
Lamb`s Artillery 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM, 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM, 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM, 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM A volunteer unit, representing the 2nd Continental Regiment of Artillery (American), will live fire a replica cannon similar to the one their respective unit fired at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown.
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Thursday 7/30/2009
First Assembly Day Commemoration Living history interpreters will reflect on the significance of the first Assembly in 1619 and its impact on the residents of the Virginia Colony. Colonial National Historical Park, Jamestown, VA. Jointly sponsored by the National Park Service and APVA Preservation Virginia.
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Did You Know?
During the Civil War, 632 Union dead were buried in the heart of the 1781 battlefield. In 1866 this cemetery became a national cemetery. Within a 50 mile radius, the remains of over 1500 Union soldiers were disinterred from their war burials and honorably placed in the Yorktown National Cemetery.
