In honor of Veterans Day, Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown are offering FREE ADMISSION for Military

4 November 2023 by Military Bridge

In honor of Veterans Day, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation will offer Free Admission Veterans Day on Saturday, November 11, 2023 to Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

VETERANS DAY DETAILS

On this Veterans Day, November 11, join us for a program of music and an artillery salute at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown to honor those who have bravely served in uniform.

Our nation's veterans, active duty, reserve and retired military personnel and up to three direct family members (with military identification) receive FREE admission at both Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

LEARN MORE ABOUT VETERANS DAY EVENTS HERE

About Jamestown Settlement

At Jamestown Settlement, prepare to embark on a journey to 17th-century Virginia. The world of America’s first permanent English colony, founded in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, comes to life through film, gallery exhibits and outdoor living history.

Expansive gallery exhibits and an introductory film describe the cultures of the Powhatan Indians, Europeans and Africans who converged in 1600s Virginia and trace Jamestown’s beginnings in England and the first century of the Virginia colony.

Outdoors, board replicas of the three ships that sailed from England to Virginia in 1607, and explore life-size re-creations of the colonists' fort and a Powhatan village. In the outdoor areas, costumed historical interpreters describe and demonstrate daily life in the early 17th century.

About American Revolution Museum at Yorktown

Next to the battlefield where allied American and French forces won the decisive battle of the American Revolution in 1781, the Yorktown Victory Center chronicles the entire Revolutionary period, from colonial unrest to the formation of the new nation.

At this museum of the American Revolution, indoor exhibition galleries portray 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 explore the story of the Betsy and other British ships lost in the York River during the siege. Exhibits also describe 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, visitors can explore a re-created Continental Army encampment, where historical interpreters describe and depict daily life of American soldiers at the end of the war. A re-created 1780s farm, complete with a house, kitchen, tobacco barn, crop fields, and herb and vegetable garden, shows how many Americans lived during the Revolutionary era.

Work is now underway on a new facility, new exhibition galleries and enhanced outdoor interpretive areas. The Yorktown Victory Center will remain open to visitors throughout construction. When the project is complete in late 2016, the site will be known as the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

The Yorktown Victory Center continues to welcome visitors as it transforms over the next few years into the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Learn more: http://www.historyisfun.org/new-yorktown-museum.htm

So get ready for some serious, hands-on fun! Just don’t forget your camera. Because the history here is life size. And your memories will be even bigger.