Yorktown History Center was another destination on the "Homeschool Ticket" we had purchased at the Jamestown Settlement. There were live animals in the Yorktown settlement outside the fort area. We thought this rooster was awfully nice to look at!

The amazing gardens with all sorts of things growing there for the Yorktown people.

Inside the kitchen where a nice gentleman told us all about cooking in those days. They had hung up all sorts of dried fruits and berries and herbs as well as cured meats.

It was fun to see what these things actually looked like and not just synthetic reproductions. Another interesting thing was that the kitchen was not attached to the house. It was a completely different building next to the house.

DD9 trying her hand at hauling water with a yoke. It was very tricky and you needed to be about as tall as she is. My other two couldn't do it very well because they weren't tall enough! The buckets just sat on the ground!

After seeing the settlement, there is a very thorough museum to tour. At this point in the day, our attention was beginning to slide, so we went to the reenactment of the fort/camp.

Here are my kids at the captains table making important startegic decisions in the upcoming battle! Notice the hanging candle chandelier and the carpet under the desk. Very fancy quarters!

A little checker game in one of the soldiers tents.

Someone need a medic? This table full of scarey looking tools were the latest and greatest for the finest Battlefield Doctors.

Another soldiers quarters.

We were excited to see the canon demonstration!

My DS7 got to be the runner in part of the demonstration!

Ready to run the charge.

Look at him go! He was so excited and did awesome!

Now for the actual demonstration.

Here is the last picture here...I was covering my ears. It was very loud! You felt it in your chest! Yikes!!!

After this we toured around the countryside seeing where all the embankments were and where all the soldiers were fighting.

It was so beautiful, quiet and serene!

Our last destination of the day was downtown Williamsburg to eat some food. When we arrived, we were just in time for a parade in honor of 9/11. Some local Boy Scouts were passing out American flags, pins and bracelets. We were so thankful to these nice boys and wove our flags proudly.

Ready for the parade!

The local drum and fife band led the way!

These young kids were great!

Representation from each branch of the United States Armed Forces. They were all very nice. My husband actually ran into them first thing in the morning on his run while they were practicing their formation. So it was neat to talk to them before everything started.

Before you knew it, this short parade was over and we headed to the local pizza place and had some yummy pizza!

Dad and Son

Mom and Daughters

On the way to look for some dessert, we stopped by a Scottish shop and had to take a picture with their larger than life stuffed bear wearing a kilt!

We also ran into Thomas Jefferson busy at work writing some important thoughts down! He had a moment to spare for my son to get in on the action!

We finally made it to this fabulous retro diner where we had rootbeer floats and a rootbeer shake per my special request!

Aren't they cute!?!

The last picture of the amazingly long and fun-filled day! My DS7 with his purchase of a rifle and tri-cornered hat!

We definitely need to go back there and spend a week to see everything! So many neat things to explore! It's a must stop!!!