Yorktown is a few miles up the York River and the site of one of the final battles of the Revolutionary War where the American and French armies, along with the French Fleet, caused the surrender of the 8000 man British Army. On June 5th we visit the battlefield, now a National Park, and see the trenches and cannon and old brick houses where the early settlers lived. The town is a real residential town and reminds us a little of Williamsburg. Not as extensive, but very nice.
We visited Jamestown and watched some excavations of the early settlement underway by archeology students. Not much here now but lots of history. We moved on to Williamsburg where a costumed company of actors read the new Declaration of independence from the balcony of the House of Burgesses to the crowd, followed by a protest parade down the main street (protesting the King of England) and ending in the pub for a little refreshment to ward off the cold. Some things never change.
KOKOMO II completed the "Great Loop" over three summers from May 2007 to November 2009. The cruising plan for 2010 is from Stuart, Florida, up the Intercoastal Waterway to the Chesapeake, down the Delaware and around to NYC and up the Hudson to Lake Champlain, the Richelieu to Montreal, then west on the St Lawrence River to the 1000 Islands and Kingston, then across Lake Ontario to Oswego, the Erie Canal, down the Hudson to NYC and back to Stuart. kokomox2@yahoo.com
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