We saw a bit of 'reenactment' of a review of troops by General Washington. This would have been before the land siege of Yorktown in 1781. It is quite doubtful if such a review would have actually taken place as Washington had marched his forces from New Jersey and would have had little time for a side trip to Williamsburg before engaging at Yorktown. There is also no evidence that troops from Williamsburg participated in the siege of Yorktown.
FWIW, Washington's success at Yorktown is thought to have been, at least in part, because of a rouse. Washington produced a phony plan to attack the British in New York, built some phony siege stations, and arranged for the plan to fall into the hands of the British General Clinton. Clinton then decided not to reinforce Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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