Yorktown Yorktown VA – May 2021 George Washington at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. This museum is pretty extensive. It has displays and much information about Colonial America, the lead up to the Revolutionary War, a military camp, and Revolutionary-era farm. Middling House Merchant/Planter House Domestic Life for Enslaved African Americans. Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Marquis de Lafayette George Washington Military camp Revolution-era farmstead. The Surrender Field at Yorktown. Yorktown Victory Monument, York River in the background. Nelson House, circa 1730. Ballard House, circa 1709.