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On this day in 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders to American General George Washington, bringing an end to the Siege of Yorktown and effectively ending the American Revolution. Negotiations for that surrender had begun after Cornwallis first raised a white flag of surrender two days earlier, on October 17.
TDIH: Victory at Yorktown
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
My wife's ancestors likely were. She is a Boone on one side, and her ancestors on the other side were from Jamestown. I on the other hand come mostly from a long line of Irish brigands and malcontents who came here in the late 1800s.
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