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Colonial National Historical Park – Yorktown Battlefield – Virginia

Images of Colonial National Historical Park – Yorktown Battlefield – Eastern Virginia, taken in July 2022.

Yorktown Battlefield, part of Colonial National Historical Park, memorializes what would become the pivotal battle in America’s fight for independence.

In August of 1781 British General Charles, Lord Cornwallis had occupied Yorktown with over 8,000 of his men. The French, who had allied themselves with the US in 1777, blockaded the Chesapeake Bay keeping supplies from Cornwallis and his army and the combined forces of the US and France relentlessly bombarded Yorktown. By October, his army depleted and surrounded, Cornwallis was forced to surrender to General George Washington. The decisive victory led to the British agreeing to peace talks and the end of the war in 1783.
Artillery at the First Allied Siege Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Artillery at the First Allied Siege Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP 		Part of the Grand French Battery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Part of the Grand French Battery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Artillery at the First Allied Siege Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Artillery at the First Allied Siege Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 The First Allied Siege Line artillery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The First Allied Siege Line artillery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Goose in the water at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Goose in the water at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Redoubt Number 9, part of the British Inner Defense Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Redoubt Number 9, part of the British Inner Defense Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Part of the British Inner Defense Line, Redoubt Number 9, at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Part of the British Inner Defense Line, Redoubt Number 9, at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Memorial to French Soldiers who fought with the Americans against the British at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Memorial to French Soldiers who fought with the Americans against the British at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 British cannons at Redoubt Number 9 at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
British cannons at Redoubt Number 9 at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Redoubt Number 9, part of the British Inner Defense Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Redoubt Number 9, part of the British Inner Defense Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Part of the Grand French Battery line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Part of the Grand French Battery line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Redoubt Number 10, part of the British Inner Defense Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Redoubt Number 10, part of the British Inner Defense Line at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Surrender Field for the British troops on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Surrender Field for the British troops on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Two Unknown Soldiers burial site in Yorktown National Cemetery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Two Unknown Soldiers burial site in Yorktown National Cemetery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 A Soldiers burial site in Yorktown National Cemetery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
A Soldiers burial site in Yorktown National Cemetery at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The Moore House where Washington and Cornwallis met for surrender negotiations at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The Moore House where Washington and Cornwallis met for surrender negotiations at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 British mortar surrendered at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
British mortar surrendered at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Inscription stamped on all 244 British artillery pieces surrendered at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Inscription stamped on all 244 British artillery pieces surrendered at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 British cannon surrendered at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
British cannon surrendered at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Mushroom growing in a field at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Mushroom growing in a field at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Cave British Lord Cornwallis occupied while being bombarded by French-American forces at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Cave British Lord Cornwallis occupied while being bombarded by French-American forces at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 The Archer House in the Waterfront District at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The Archer House in the Waterfront District at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Yorktown Victory Monument (1884; 94 ft tall) at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Yorktown Victory Monument (1884; 94 ft tall) at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Dudley Digges House (1760) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Dudley Digges House (1760) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 The Great Valley, the link to Yorktown’s busy Waterfront district, as seen from Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The Great Valley, the link to Yorktown’s busy Waterfront district, as seen from Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Cole Digges House (1730) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Cole Digges House (1730) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 The Customs House (1720) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The Customs House (1720) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Somerwell House along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Somerwell House along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 The Medical Shop of Dr. Corbin Griffin along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
The Medical Shop of Dr. Corbin Griffin along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP		 Swan Tavern (1722) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP
Swan Tavern (1722) along Main Street at Yorktown in Colonial NHP

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