Day 45: Yorktown and Jamestown: Colonial Triangle

 This day is in reverse order.  Apparently, depending on how you download the pictures, the order that you select them matters.
 We ended the day today at Jamestown Settlement.  We opted to go here as opposed to the other Jamestown, because this is the actual location of the original Jamestown.  There is a living history museum not too far away with actors and full models of Jamestown, but I liked the idea better of being in the actual swampy location of the original.  The rain finally caught up to us at the end of the day, but it wasn't too bad.  We were able to make it inside the archeology center before the down pour, and then wait it out a bit.  We had an amazing Ranger tour guide.  I felt horribly for him though.  It was SO humid that he was sweating profusely! We didn't do the Junior Ranger program here because you actually had to pay for it.
 Bekah loved that Pocahontas's English name was Rebecca.
 It was very interesting to me how much land has changed in much of these areas.  When our guide was describing the terrain, he shared that the coast would have been a much farther distance into the river.  A sea wall was installed to prevent further erosion.



 A replica of the church where Pocahontas got married to John Rolfe.

 We started the day at Yorktown Battlefield.  Yorktown was a turning point battle during the Revolutionary War.  This is where Cornwallis surrendered.

 This is the field where the surrender of arms took place.  These cannons and mortars were part of the items surrendered by the British.

 This is the Moore home, the home where surrender negotiations took place.  Each side basically sends lawyers to represent their side to do the negotiations.  We found out that Shirley Temple visited here at one point and took a picture on the porch, so Bekah wanted to replicate that.
 Kudzu, Kudzu, and more and more Kudzu
 We took the driving tour of the Yorktown battle.  It was amazing to see the redoubts and be able to visualize the progression of the army against the British.  The French troops were a major part of the success of this battle.

 There has been a substantial amount of erosion on this side of the redoubt.

 
The museum at Yorktown was very interesting as well.  The had a recreation of one of the ships as well as one of George Washington's tents.  Joey wanted a picture next to George Washington and was super excited to get a tri-corner hat!

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