I have not. But since we ran out of things to rent on blockbuster.com that'll probably be approved.

The other crazy historical stuff of the time was that tornado that hit DC in the middle of it being burned by the British in the war of 1812. Or 1814. And they abandoned the place after the storm. That's nearly biblical.

Speaking of that time period, the main road from my parents neighborhood is Surrender Road in Yorktown. They actually made it so you can't drive straight on their road onto Surrender but it was the same road. Neat place to visit at least once but really not overly exciting. Although the Redoubts and their historical markers can be very interesting to see the names of the people involved, the number of Germans and French involved and the famous names. Actually, Germans made up a third of the participants in the battle and to make things confusing, there were Germans fighting with the British, Americans and French. There is one redoubt (9 or 10) that was captured by Hamilton and once that happened the British started pulling back and Washington just bombarded the town and the battle of Yorktown was won. You can see the redoubts, not sure of their accuracy but it's probably better than Ford's Theatre in D.C.

If you go to ORF, hang a right outside the hotel and pass the free McArthur memorial/museum and go a block or so you'll find an old church with a cannon ball stuck in the wall. There is a plaque saying it was put there in 1776. I think they cemented it back in place. The walls are original but the church was burned during the siege.