Tall Ships, the American Revolution and Yorktown
You history buffs may know that at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, General George Washington's resounding defeat of Lord Cornwallis's British army caused the British to surrender, thus effectively ending that American Revolutionary War. The battle at Yorktown raged from September 28 to October 19, 1781 and 8,000 British soldiers surrendered to the Americans at the end of that battle. (I am telling you, Virginia is truly THE most interesting state!) Despite living my entire li
