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The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...
On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of about 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown. Cornwallis marched his army into the Virginia port town ...
The film recounts the pivotal events leading to the British surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. It details the strategic maneuvers of British General Cornwallis and the ...
On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the most powerful empire on the face of the ...