Check Out the Yorktown Riverwalk

Have you strolled along the Yorktown Riverwalk lately? I hope you'll have a chance to do that very soon. York County has really done a great job beautifying the place and filling it with shops, restaurants, and activities that will draw folks to the riverside.  The Riverwalk itself is a brick path that follows the river between the Yorktown Victory Center to the National Park Service - Yorktown Battlefields property. It runs along that stretch of beach that we love in warm weather. The path follows the beach behind the Riverwalk Landing shops and the Waterman's Museum.

I'm very proud to have played a small part in making it a more interesting place by designing the historic information signs that you will see on pedestals there. I worked with a great committee of York County employees, historians with local attractions, and interested citizens to pull together text and pictures that would tell the history of the town that visitors to the historic attractions wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to learn.

Yorktown's claim to fame, of course, is the Battle of Yorktown, the last significant battle of the American Revolution. But the signs recall other famous events, like the time an asteroid fell nearby! I hope you'll enjoy a walk to take in the lesser known facts on the signs as well as the beautiful views of the York River.