Yorktown is one of the vertices of the Virginia’s Historic Triangle. The other two being Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown.

Yorktown is the site of a major victory of the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Yorktown led to the British surrender and the end of British rule over the colonies. It was also one of the last major land battles of the war. This was the beginning of a new nation.

The American army was led by General George Washington with the help of French and the British forces was commanded h Lieutenant General Cornwallis.

Signs of this important battle are still visible in the landscape and the buildings that existed from Fall of 1781.

It is one of these signs of battle that I sketched into my sketchbook.

This is the Nelson House on Main Street. Thomas Nelson Jr. served in the Continental Congress and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His brick house now has two cannonballs embedded in the brick wall, signs of the fighting in Yorktown. This is the subject of my featured sketch.