Yorktown, Virginia

Corey and the kids looking out to where the York River empties into the Chesapeake Bay.

Last week I finished reading Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won The Revolution by Richard M. Ketchum. It was a very good read, a historical narrative that I recommend to any history enthusiast (...or aspiring history buff like myself). Last year on 21 October 2006, when we were living in Virginia, we were able to go to Yorktown on the 225th anniversary celebration of the siege where Cornwallis surrendered in October 1781. Here are some pictures of our visit there last year:

Ethan, Melodie, and Joseph posing with some of the
American Patriots who fought for the Glorious Cause.

Oh dear... Joseph seems to have some loyalist sympathies - He's with the Redcoats!
They all said "God Save the King" instead of "cheese" when I took the picture.

Wesley by the York River with the Godspeed ship behind him,
a replica of the boat that sailed into Jamestown in 1607.