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Yorktown, VA #4 - Battlefield Sights
Mar 15, 2018 22:50:46 #
Yorktown was the location of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The National Park service has done a remarkable job preserving and restoring this area. There are countless informational signs that give quite a history lesson if you take the time to read. One leaves with a much better idea of the time period, the major war tactics used, and a more intimate understanding of the contributions made by the famous names in our history books!
Ammunitions bunker
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One of many Colonial earthwork lines from which they fought behind
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British redoubt, similar to the Colonial lines, only round mounds
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Wooden stakes protected the British redoubts
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Cannons behind the Colonial earthwork line
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The house where the papers of the Battle of Yorktown surrender were signed
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Surrender Field, where the United States was born
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Another view of Surrender Field
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British cannons seized at the Battle of Yorktown
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Mar 15, 2018 23:24:40 #
CapturedByChristy wrote:
Yorktown was the location of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The National Park service has done a remarkable job preserving and restoring this area. There are countless informational signs that give quite a history lesson if you take the time to read. One leaves with a much better idea of the time period, the major war tactics used, and a more intimate understanding of the contributions made by the famous names in our history books!
Very nice series of images. And, a great history lesson. Many U.S. citizens have little, if any, appreciation and respect for what the original immigrants to this continent went through to secure their freedom from the British rule. Thanks for posting and have a GREAT DAY!
Mar 16, 2018 00:11:28 #
CapturedByChristy wrote:
Yorktown was the location of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The National Park service has done a remarkable job preserving and restoring this area. There are countless informational signs that give quite a history lesson if you take the time to read. One leaves with a much better idea of the time period, the major war tactics used, and a more intimate understanding of the contributions made by the famous names in our history books!
Christy, thank you for sharing some remarkable photographs, and a well written explanation! We get down to Yorktown and Williamsburg area every couple of years, and it's always enlightening to learn more about our history.
Thanks again.
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Mar 16, 2018 04:18:24 #
Mar 16, 2018 05:57:16 #
CapturedByChristy wrote:
Yorktown was the location of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The National Park service has done a remarkable job preserving and restoring this area. There are countless informational signs that give quite a history lesson if you take the time to read. One leaves with a much better idea of the time period, the major war tactics used, and a more intimate understanding of the contributions made by the famous names in our history books!
Nice set Christy and thanks for sharing.
Mar 16, 2018 07:48:49 #
Mar 16, 2018 08:44:26 #
Very interesting read. Particularly since I recently found out that a direct ancestor of mine "John Day" came over from Wales in 1634 at age 30 and was indentured for 2 years to pay for passage. After that he and 100 of his friends went into the wilds to found Hartford, Ct. In that line was a Day and 5 of his sons that were all lost in battles of the War of Independence. The youngest son was only 13 as a soldier.
We just have no idea the sacrifice that our forefathers went thru to give us this fantastic country.
We just have no idea the sacrifice that our forefathers went thru to give us this fantastic country.
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Mar 16, 2018 08:48:18 #
Mar 16, 2018 09:29:36 #
Thank you all! There is a very somber feeling as you walk through the area. That happens once the realization of what happened there hits you. Everyone was so quiet as they read the info signs, showing their respect.
Mar 16, 2018 09:31:09 #
erickter
Loc: Dallas,TX
CapturedByChristy wrote:
Yorktown was the location of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The National Park service has done a remarkable job preserving and restoring this area. There are countless informational signs that give quite a history lesson if you take the time to read. One leaves with a much better idea of the time period, the major war tactics used, and a more intimate understanding of the contributions made by the famous names in our history books!
Nice photos and a very informative history lesson on the birth of our nation.
Mar 16, 2018 09:38:37 #
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Mar 16, 2018 09:40:57 #
Sorry about stepping on your toes, Doddy. And no .... finders keepers, we are keeping the cannons!!
Mar 16, 2018 10:23:53 #
Nicely done. I visited there a few years back. It's a huge place, and I enjoyed every inch.
Mar 16, 2018 11:26:21 #
PWL46
Loc: Michigan
Doddy wrote:
Nice shots and info..can we have our cannons back please?
Only if you take the current president with them! LOL
Mar 16, 2018 12:03:25 #
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