https://www.nps.gov/york News releases from Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park. en-us https://www.nps.gov/york/learn/news/special-living-history-event-featuring-the-1st-rhode-island-regiment.htm Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:32:00 EST Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment on Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13, 2025. https://www.nps.gov/york/learn/news/special-living-history-event-featuring-the-1st-rhode-island-regiment.htm https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/tourism-to-colonial-national-historical-park-creates-over-453-million-in-economic-benefits.htm Sun, 17 Jul 2022 10:42:00 EST A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,114,420 visitors to Colonial National Historical Park in 2021 spent $336,833,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 5,039 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $453,114,000. https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/tourism-to-colonial-national-historical-park-creates-over-453-million-in-economic-benefits.htm https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/colonial-national-historical-park-to-align-road-based-commercial-tours-to-per-person-fee-schedule-in-2022.htm Wed, 02 Jun 2021 11:17:00 EST Effective May 20, 2022 the National Park Service (NPS) at Colonial National Historical Park will align the Road Based Commercial Tour operator’s fee schedule to a per person fee to provide consistency in fees across all visitors to the park. The NPS is required to notify commercial tour operators one year prior for any change in any entrance fee that may affect their rates. https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/colonial-national-historical-park-to-align-road-based-commercial-tours-to-per-person-fee-schedule-in-2022.htm https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/national-park-service-hosts-virtual-program-the-lives-of-monuments-victory-and-alliance-at-yorktown-on-april-15.htm Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:23:00 EST “The Lives of Monuments: Victory and Alliance at Yorktown” is a virtual program that brings scholars, National Park Rangers, and members of the public together to consider the Yorktown Victory Monument and the memory of the American Revolution in the South. The free program will be held on Zoom on Thursday April 15th from 6:00-7:30pm EST. To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0PaPUuEuQiWMuxzs31WLRg. Tune in ten minutes early to see a slideshow of photographs of the monument. https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/national-park-service-hosts-virtual-program-the-lives-of-monuments-victory-and-alliance-at-yorktown-on-april-15.htm https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/colonial-parkway-williamsburg-tunnel-temporary-closure.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:42:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) will close the Williamsburg Tunnel on the Colonial Parkway from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday, August 28, 2020. https://www.nps.gov/colo/learn/news/colonial-parkway-williamsburg-tunnel-temporary-closure.htm