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HAER No. VA-116, "Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City County, VA", 10 photos, 4 color transparencies, 1 measured drawing, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. VA-117, " Yorktown Battlefield Tour Roads, Yorktown, York County, VA ", 18 photos, 1 color transparency, 1 measured drawing, 15 data pages, 2 ...
The third point of the triangle is Yorktown, where General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington in 1781 in the last land battle of the American Revolution. There are two large visitor centers, battlefield drives, and a waterfront area. The historic area of downtown has numerous buildings from the pre-Revolutionary era.
US 17 (George Washington Memorial Highway) – Gloucester, Newport News, Colonial Parkway, Historic Yorktown: Yorktown: Ballard Street - Yorktown, Battlefield Visitor Center, Waterfront: former SR 238 west: 7.75: 12.47: Training Center Yorktown: Eastern terminus: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Colonial Parkway is a 23-mile (37 km) scenic parkway linking the three points of Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown.It is part of the National Park Service's Colonial National Historical Park.
1902 photomechanical print of the monument. The Yorktown Victory Monument is a monument erected in Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Virginia, commemorating the 1781 victory at Yorktown and the alliance with France that brought about the end of the American Revolution and the resulting peace with England after the American Revolutionary War.
The siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, and led to the surrender of General Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army. The Continental Army's victory at Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. [b]
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Yorktown, Virginia: September 28 to 29, 1781 September 28 – Siege of Yorktown begins. October 19, 1781 British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Burwell Bassett House, Eltham Plantation Eltham Road, Eltham, Virginia