Historic Sites of Virginia

Christopher Wright/ March 20, 2024/ Adventures/ 0 comments

Our main reason for staying at Camp Cardinal RV Resort was its location. In eastern Virginia, it was right in the middle of many historic sites of Virginia. We spent the whole summer learning about our nation’s birth and growing pains. There are many agencies that operate the various locations we visited. The best way to organize them are The Historic Triangle, Preservation Virginia, and others. Interested in everything we

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Yorktown, VA

Christopher Wright/ January 24, 2024/ Adventures, Museums and Zoos/ 0 comments

Much like Jamestown, Yorktown also has two areas (three if you count the modern town of Yorktown): Yorktown Battlefield and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. American Revolution Museum at Yorktown The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown is one that you can’t really do in one day. Like its counterpart, Jamestown Settlement, it consists of two areas; an expansive indoor exhibit area, with artifacts from pre- and post-colonial American history,

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Jamestown, VA

Christopher Wright/ January 17, 2024/ Museums and Zoos/ 0 comments

While staying in Virginia, we had the opportunity to visit many historic sites. One of these was the Jamestown Settlement, the first permanent English settlement in the New World! Did you know Virginia has two Jamestowns? Jamestown Settlement was established in 1957 near the site of the original James Fort. The second is Historic Jamestowne, established in 1607 by The Virginia Company of London. The chief difference between the two

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Colonial Williamsburg

Christopher Wright/ January 10, 2024/ Museums and Zoos/ 0 comments

While staying in Virginia, we had the opportunity to visit Colonial Williamsburg. Not once, but 3 times! It should say a lot about this location that we found so much to see, do, and learn that we kept going back.  Colonial Williamsburg is unique among the other historic sites, museums, and living history locations we’ve been to in the past. While Camlann in Washington was an immersive experience, it was

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