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Stories from Our Flag
for Monday, October 19, 2020
[ pic of Flag Steward mascot, Baylor, during a recent fall day hike in Boulder County, CO ]
Stories from Our Flag
for Monday, October 19, 2020
[ pic of Flag Steward mascot, Baylor, during a recent fall day hike in Boulder County, CO ]
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Today's Story from Our Flag
[ Continental Army storming and overtaking another British fortification at Yorktown and raise Our Flag in victory =public domain image by Eugene Lami ]
The Revolutionary War has ended.
The British Army, led by General Lord Cornwallis, surrendered to the Continental Army at Yorktown on this date, October, 19 in 1781. Cornwallis' army of 7,000 British troops gave up to George Washington's troops - signalling the end of more than 5 years of fighting. Finally, the freedom that colonial Americans wanted was within reach. Two years later, the Peace Treaty of 1783 was signed in Paris - officially granting America its independence.
The British Army, led by General Lord Cornwallis, surrendered to the Continental Army at Yorktown on this date, October, 19 in 1781. Cornwallis' army of 7,000 British troops gave up to George Washington's troops - signalling the end of more than 5 years of fighting. Finally, the freedom that colonial Americans wanted was within reach. Two years later, the Peace Treaty of 1783 was signed in Paris - officially granting America its independence.
[ French drawing of Lord Cornwallis giving his sword / surrendering to General Washington at Yorkdown = public domain) ]
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