This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Founder’s District for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine.
As a family who loves to go on road trips, we love to explore historical places. And we have been to many since me and my son got here in the U.S. a decade ago. Thanks to my history buff of a husband, he introduced and took us to many, but we still do have a lot of historical places to visit and explore.
We also love doing scenic drives and one of which I look forward to experiencing is driving through the Colonial Parkway in Virginia. It is a twenty-three-mile scenic roadway from Jamestown to Yorktown, connecting Virginia’s historic triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown.
Colonial Parkway or Colonial National Historical Park is just one of the seven destinations in The Founder’s District. Operated by the National Park Service of the United States government, the park tells about the history of the United States from the first landing of the English settlers to the American Revolutionary War.
The connection of Jamestown and Yorktown is truly ironic seeing that Jamestown is where English settlers first landed to establish settlement in a new world only to have their colonial vision defeated at Yorktown almost 200-years later, the battle that gave America its independence, creating the country that would eventually become a world power.
We have been to a Civil War battlefield before and it was amazing and fascinating to see the site and learn its history. But we’ve never been to a Revolutionary War battlefield and Yorktown, which is part of the Colonial National Historical Park, and would be the perfect beginning of that learning experience. That said, I can’t wait to visit and explore all that this area of Virginia has to offer.
Over 3 million people visit the park each year and soon, we will be part of the millions who experience, enjoy and learn the history of such an amazing historical place.
Have you driven through Colonial parkway or visited the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia?
I love to travel and explore. I haven’t been to this part of the country, so I need to do so and soon.
I would LOVE this. I am all about history, so this is my kind of road trip.
This is such a beautiful part of Virginia! We need to plan a scenic road trip soon.
I have been doing road trips this year. I like the idea of adding history learning into the trip.
Such awesome places to travel to. I am always looking for new places to visit.
I love road trips and exploring. I can’t wait to really explore Virginia.
This one that I love about travel, explore and learn to those places that I want to look for.
That’s one beautiful destination! This is my kind of travel, one that involves history. It’s worth taking your kids on this type of road trip.
I think it’s a beautiful family experience to visit a historical park and to find out more about our history.
I haven’t been here and of course, I would love to visit! I wish I can travel normally soon again!
I just returned from a road trip to visit Mount Rushmore. Exploring history and diving into local cuisine made this epic road trip even more epic.
I love exploring and this doesn’t seem too far from me, I see a road trip coming up!
I am not such a big fan of road trips. However, these views are breathtaking to say the least
I love seeing places like these. It is fun to take some road trips. We do that often as well.
We love road trips too they can be great fun and also interesting. We haven’t been to the Colonial National Park in Virginia but it sounds like it is well worth a visit.
It is nice to learn about the history behind things. Sounds like an interesting place to take a drive and to take note of its history.
I would love to do something like this. I need a good trip to get out.
That is beautiful place to visit. Yes now past visits are becoming precious.