The Defenses of Yorktown

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Yorktown became a famous locale in 1781 after the surrender of the British troops which effectively ended the Revolutionary War.  British forces in and around Yorktown dug a number of defensive earthworks that were sieged by American and French troops over a three-week period prior to the surrender on October 19th, 1781. In the early 21st […]