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The town of Yorktown maintains many original buildings that existed at the time of the Revolution. One is now a restaurant serving food made with recipes from the Revolutionary War period--the carrot cake was especially good. A short walk away is the Victory Memorial. The legislature approved it soon after the war, but it took 100 years before the money was found to build it.

To complete the step back in time, travel a short distance to an archaeological dig displaying the ruins of an old pottery factory. To protect the dig, it has been covered with a building that houses examples of various products that had been made there. The factory had been developed despite the British forbidding any American industry to compete with the British industries.

The real treat in visiting Yorktown, however, lies in the two living history museums in the area, the Yorktown Victory Center and the Colonial National Historic Park.