Two world-changing moments in American history share one Virginia park

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America’s story starts and ends here

Virginia’s Colonial National Historical Park holds 174 years of American history in one place.

Jamestown, where the English planted their first permanent roots in 1607, sits on the same peninsula as Yorktown, where the British gave up the fight in 1781.

A 23-mile parkway threads the two sites together through the Historic Triangle. Most people know one or the other…

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