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'''Colonial National Historical Park''' is a large national historical park located in the [[Hampton Roads]] region of [[Virginia]] operated by the [[National Park Service]]. It protects and interprets several sites relating to the [[Colony of Virginia]] and the history of the United States more broadly. These range from the site of the first English settlement at [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], to the [[Siege of Yorktown|battlefields of Yorktown]] where the British Army was defeated in the | '''Colonial National Historical Park''' is a large national historical park located in the [[Hampton Roads]] region of [[Virginia]] operated by the [[National Park Service]]. It protects and interprets several sites relating to the [[Colony of Virginia]] and the history of the United States more broadly. These range from the site of the first English settlement at [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], to the [[Siege of Yorktown|battlefields of Yorktown]] where the British Army was defeated in the American Revolutionary War. Over 3 million people visit the park each year.<ref name=visitors/> | ||
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*{{HAER |survey=VA-117 |id=va1761 |title=Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, VA |photos=18 |color=1 |dwgs=1 |data=15 |cap=2 |link=no}} | *{{HAER |survey=VA-117 |id=va1761 |title=Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, VA |photos=18 |color=1 |dwgs=1 |data=15 |cap=2 |link=no}} | ||
*Official NPS website: [http://www.nps.gov/colo/ Colonial National Historical Park] | *Official NPS website: [http://www.nps.gov/colo/ Colonial National Historical Park] | ||
[http://www.nps.gov/came/ Cape Henry Memorial] | |||
[http://www.nps.gov/colo/grnspg/gs_pg1.html Green Spring Plantation] | |||
[http://www.historicgreenspring.org Friends of Green Spring] a large interactive web site with streaming video and essays ("The voices of Green Spring") | |||
[http://www.nps.gov/jame/ Jamestown National Historic Site] | |||
[http://www.nps.gov/yonb/ Yorktown Battlefield] | |||
[http://www.nps.gov/york/ Yorktown National Cemetery] | |||
[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemeteryproject/Cemeteries/Virginia/Yorktown/Yorkinfo.html Yorktown National Cemetery - a roster and photo of burials] | |||
[http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm More information on the Battle of Yorktown] | |||
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}} | {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}} | ||