Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia

We left the campground in Williamsburg at 9 this morning, just at the rain started to fall. By the time we reached the Yorktown Battlefield just south of Williamsburg, it was coming down pretty hard. Dashing into the visitor center in an attempt to stay dry, we watched the park service movie on the Yorktown battle that helped turn the tide and secure our country’s independence. With the help of the French navy and army commanded by Comte de Rochambeau, General Washington successfully secured the surrender of General Cornwallis and the British Army during the siege of Yorktown. The museum has several interesting artifacts from Yorktown, including the Lafayette cannon and Washington’s original wall tents. It was interesting to note that the Americans were the minority at Yorktown – both the French and the English had larger forces. I guess I’m going to have to stop bad mouthing the French! ;-)