We drove to Yorktown from Mt Vernon and got there a bit before sunset.
Ann posed between General George Washington (left) and Admiral Francois DeGrasse (right). The Admiral brought the naval forces that defeated the British in a naval engagement on Sept 5, 1781 and effectively bottled up General Cornwallis in Yorktown. Actual records indicate that this meeting took place on DeGrasse's flagship Ville de Paris on September 17. Washington and General Rochambeau (a French General) then brought ground troops to Yorktown (from New Jersey) arriving on Sept 28 and Cornwallis surrendered on October 17, 1781.
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