Yorktown Historical Park Battlefield - VA

This the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Here at Yorktown, in the fall of 1781, General George Washington, with allied American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s British army. On October 19, Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the war and ensuring independence.

Colonial Parkway
Colonial Williamsburg
Jamestown
Yorktown Victory Center Museum

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