Yorktown Victory Center

A rare broadside printing of the Declarationof Independence is on display at the Yorktown Victory Center. The historical document wasco-published in Boston on or about July 18, 1776, by John Gill and Edward E. Powars and Nathaniel Willis

We saw lots of things in Yorktown Victory Center.

First of all,

Indoor exhibition galleries portrayed the Declaration of Independence as a revolutionary document that attracted international attention, recount the war’s impact on 10 ordinary men and women who left a record of their experiences, highlight the roles of different nationalities at the Siege of Yorktown, and explored the story of the Betsy and other British ships lost in the York River during the siege.

Exhibits also described how people from many different cultures shaped a new society and the development of a new government with the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Outdoors, we explored a re-created Continental Army encampment, where historical interpreters describe and depict daily life of American soldiers at the end of the war.

It's fun to know about a re-created 1780s farm that completed with a house, kitchen, tobacco barn, crop fields, and herb and vegetable garden, which showed how many Americans lived during the Revolutionary era.