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08/22/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/22/2024 13:43
Colonial National Historical Park Announces “Before the Siege” Living History Event
News Release Date:
August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024
Contact:Ajena Rogers, 757-814-5010
YORKTOWN, Va. - Colonial National Historical Park will host a living history event along Yorktown's Historic Main Street and Redoubts 9 and 10 on Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8, 2024.
Park rangers and living history volunteers will give a glimpse into daily lives of town residents and British troops in weeks leading up to the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Family-friendly activities, including black powder demonstrations, drilling, camp life, and more will be held from 10 am to 4 pm each day. A detailed schedule of events and locations is available on our website: www.nps.gov/colo/planyourvisit/calendar.
"We so appreciate all the living history groups as well as our partners for helping us bring this significant event back to the park," said Superintendent Jerri Marr. "We encourage the public to come out and participate and experience what Yorktown looked like 243 years ago."
This event is in partnership with the York County Economic & Tourism Development, York County Historical Committee, and the Waterman's Museum.
About Colonial National Historical Park. Colonial National Historical Park was established in 1930 to preserve important 17th and 18th century sites that tell the story of English colonization and the struggle for American independence. Jamestown's legacy includes representative government, but also slavery, a brutal institution that spread throughout the colonies. At Yorktown, Virginia, colonists fought in the last major battle of the
American Revolutionary War. The 23-mile Colonial Parkway links the sites and is recognized as an "All-American road". Learn more www.nps.gov/colo.
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