Saturday, May 23Rainy day today, light rain but all day with brief periods of overcast skies. It's supposed to be like this the whole weekend.Didn't do much of anything, which was nice. Just relaxing with our friends and their Black Labrador: Boomer.Boomer and Larry H.Sunday, May 24Larry H. drove us down to the Yorktown Battlefield Park where we checked out the visitor center. Yorktown marked basically the end of the American Revolutionary War. It's where British General Cornwallis surrendered to forces under General Washington after a siege of the town of Yorktown.The usual artifacts of course at the visitor center, but quite minimalist I thought. The focus is on an auto tour to view the defensive line and earthworks used by the British. We chose not to do the tour.A couple of things that caught my eye:A 1/4 replica of the British 44 gun Frigate Charon. Apparently, the largest warship during the siege/battle. Hit by French warship cannon balls which had been superheated prior to…
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