Colonial National Historical Park is located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia and is operated by the National Park Service of the United States government. Over 3 million people visit the park each year.
Read more about Colonial National Historical Park: Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, Yorktown, Green Spring Plantation, Cape Henry Memorial, Administrative History
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“Therefore awake! make haste, I say,
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All in our gowns of green so gay
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