Posted on Oct 19, 2020

Americans defeat the British at Yorktown

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Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.

Americans defeat the British at Yorktown

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

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Thanks for the history share.

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SMSgt David A Asbury

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Thanks for the history lesson, sorry it was not the last battle we ever had to fight.

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At Yorkton The British Could Not Retreat. Bottled Up By Washington And The French Fleet. Cornwalace Surrendered And Finally We Had Won! It Was The Shot Hear Round The World .....

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