October 19th, 2011 at 4:55PM
This day in history: The British army, under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis, surrenders to American and French forces at Yorktown.  Their surrender marks the final battle of the American revolution. However the war doesn’t officially come to and end, and the United States of America are not officially recognized, until the Treaty of Paris is signed almost two years later on September 3, 1783. October 19, 1781 - 230 years ago today.

This day in history:

The British army, under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis, surrenders to American and French forces at Yorktown.  Their surrender marks the final battle of the American revolution.

However the war doesn’t officially come to and end, and the United States of America are not officially recognized, until the Treaty of Paris is signed almost two years later on September 3, 1783.

October 19, 1781 - 230 years ago today.

  1. emir-dynamite reblogged this from uniformporn
  2. lucilleballforshort reblogged this from uniformporn and added:
    Corny Cornwallis. I just love him. Well, his name, rather.
  3. fromhalfaworldaway reblogged this from mymayrasmiles and added:
    MR. ORANGE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF ME FOR REBLOGGING THIS
  4. mymayrasmiles reblogged this from picturesofwar and added:
    APUSH test tomorrow on...Revolution. wah.
  5. gallifreyan-detective reblogged this from homuraw
  6. the-shade reblogged this from its-cool-i-got-this and added:
    Ah yes I remember this, I was there after all
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