National Park Service

These guys do an amazing job.  For $10.00, you can visit the whole Colonial National Historical Park.  This park comprises Jamesown and Yorktown and a strip that runs through Williamsburg.  They have a movie in each park on the historical significance and, at Yorktown, we got a semi-private tour with "Ranger Ted" which lasted 1 1/4 hours.  Ranger Ted knew more than a hisory book.

Yorktown is the first of the "Historical" parks of the National Park Service, followed by a few years by Jamestown.

There is a state run park at both Jamestown and Yorktown that demonstrate life or war at each site.  But the National Park Service holds the land hat each townsie sits on.

85% of Yorktown was desroyed by the final seige.  The park service owns the remaining buildings.  One has been rebuilt because of it's significance.