The Western Journal on MSN

'World Turned Upside Down' - British Surrender to Americans at Yorktown on This Day

The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...
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Redcoats : the British soldier and war in the Americas, 1755-1763 / Stephen Brumwell

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Redcoats, Yankees and allies : a history of the uniforms, clothing, and gear of the British Army in the Lake George-Lake Champlain corridor, 1755-1760 / Brenton C. Kemmer ...

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The White House

America 250: Presidential Message on the 244th Anniversary of General Cornwallis’s Surrender at Yorktown

On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...