Yorktown Battlefield

January 3, 2021

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The Yorktown Battlefield is part of Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia. It was the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1781 and where British General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington.

The descriptions of the four scenes in the Yorktown Battlefield collage are below.

The Yorktown Victory Monument commemorates the allied victory over General Cornwallis that resulted in the American colonies independence.

The American Battery, the largest American artillery position at the Siege of Yorktown.

Moore House ... In the home of Augustine Moore, the surrender of the British army at Yorktown was negotiated on October 18, 1781.

Surrender Field ... On this field on October 19, 1781, the British army laid down their weapons to end the Siege of Yorktown and effectively grant independence to the American colonies.

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Colonial National Historical Park administers two of the most historically significant sites in English North America. Historic Jamestowne, the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607, jointly administered with Preservation Virginia, and Yorktown Battlefield, the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1781. These two sites represent the beginning and end of English colonial America. Situated on the Virginia Peninsula, these sites are connected by the 23-mile scenic Colonial Parkway. Colonial NHP also includes Green Spring, the 17th century plantation home of Virginia's colonial governor, Sir William Berkeley, and the Cape Henry Memorial, which marks the approximate site of the first landing of the Jamestown colonists on the Atlantic Coast in April of 1607. 

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