20 Historic Sites in Virginia
| November 25, 2016
Yorktown
Location: Southern Virginia
Virginia’s southern “historic triangle” is made up of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Yorktown is the site of the battle that would lead to American independence. After England lost here, they decided (over the next year) it was time to call it quits (mostly because we were costing them too much money, but a more heroic slogan like “freedom finally won” can be applied if you’d like).
Yorktown today has a large museum and battlefield to explore. There is also a small settlement with a few historic homes and shops, rather like a miniature Williamsburg. If you go down to the riverbank, you can find the cave where the British General Cornwallis hid.
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