Things To Do in Gloucester Point, Virginia

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument offers a glimpse into the homes and lives of the Mogollon people who lived ... More on recreation.gov

APVA Jamestown Rediscovery Project in Jamestown, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Virginia Institute of Marine Science/Aquarium in Gloucester Point, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. “The works on the Gloucester side are in some forwardness, and I hope a situation to resist a sudden attack.” General Charles Lord Cornwallis to General Sir Henry Clinton, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Known first as Tyndall's Point. The colonists built a fort here in 1667. In 1676 Bacon led his rebels across the river here. Tarleton and Dundas occupied the place in October, 1781, in... More on HMDB

Inscription. “I made a draughte of our river¦by us discovered.” Robert Tyndall to Henry, Prince of Wales, In 1600, this tidewater land was part of a vast American Indian empire ruled by the Powhatan nation. English mariner ... More on HMDB

Inscription. “It is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. you must act.” President Abraham Lincoln to General George B. McClellan, April 6, 1862, The York River Confederate defenses were tested early in the Civil ... More on HMDB

Inscription. “The name of our Fort is Fort Keyes, and it is strongly fortified. There is about 2000 men on this side of the [York] river and 2 batterys¦” Private Stephen T. Buckson, 4th Delaware infantry Regiment, March ... More on HMDB

By the summer of 1781, the United States had been at war with England for over six years. The first shots had been fired in April 1775 on the village green in Lexington and at North Bridge in Conco... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. “Just throw three or four shells among those blue-bellied Yankees and theyll scatter like sheep.” Bravado from a North Carolina Confederate in May, 1861, Eighty years after... More on HMDB

Inscription. “Thus expired the last hope of the British army.” Colonel Banastre Tarleton, On the night of October 16, 1871, after almost three weeks of the American-French siege, the British defenses at Yorktown were crumbling. ... More on HMDB

The Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution, chronicles America?s struggle for independence, from the beginnings of colonial unrest to the formation of the new nation. Thematic... More on Virginia.org

America�s evolution from colonial status to nationhood is chronicled through a unique blend of timeline, film, thematic exhibits and outdoor living history at this Revolutionary War center. Visitor... More on Heritage