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Special Event
Event
Special programs in commemoration of the 243rd anniversary of the Allied victory at Yorktown.
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Date:
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Time:
10:00 AM
Duration:
5 hours and 30 minutes
Type of Event
Talk
3 programs throughout the day
Description
Special programs in commemoration of the 243rd anniversary of the Allied victory at Yorktown.
10:00 – How the mighty have fallen – The British experience of the Allied siege and bombardment – how the army of one of the world’s greatest powers was brought to its knees
(meeting by the wooden stockade on the southside of the parking lot)
12:00 – How the mighty have fallen – The surrender – the vanquished bowing to the victorious
(meeting on the north side of the parking lot at stop C on the driving tour)
2:00 – How the mighty have fallen – The Americans victorious – Independence achieved.
(meeting at the pavilion at Surrender Field, stop F on the driving tour)
Reservation or Registration: No
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