Chesapeake Bay Area

  We spent a few days on Cape Henry, near Virginia beach. Cape Henry is significant to the growth of our nation for a few reasons.  It is here that the settlers of Jamestown first landed, before moving inland to establish Jamestown.  Jamestown, of course is the first successful English colony (like 13 years before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth.  Cape Henry was also instrumental in the ending of the Revolutionary War.  It was here that the our French Allies defeated the British navy, which kept reinforcements from reaching Cornwallis in Yorktown.  George Washington's men were then able to defeat the British in Yorktown, which lead to the end of the American Revolution.
  We also visited Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, the Virginia Living Museum, and the Virginia Air and Space Museum.

Original jail cells

Oxen delivering a cart of wood.

Cape Henry Landing Memorial

Cape Henry Landing Memorial

This was the location of the blacksmith.

Excavation of a kitchen and well.

Location of barracks.

Location of the back of the fort.

What Fort James probably looked like.

First set of trenches dug by Washington's men.

Second line of trenches.

Redoubt built by Cornwallis's men.

The Moore House where the surrender agreement was made.

Looking out from Cape Henry.

Battle of the Capes Memorial

Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse Memorial 

Cape Henry Lighthouse, the first U.S. lighthouse.

View from the top of the lighthouse.