HAPPY YORKTOWN DAY!!!

[underpants]

On October 19, 1781, the decisive military campaign of the American Revolution culminated with the British surrender to combined American and French forces under the command of George Washington. The Siege of Yorktown effectively ended the six-year struggle of the Revolutionary War and set the stage for a new government and nation.
http://www.historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm?gclid=CLHC4YPir5sCFdVL5QodHR95Bw

I grew in "the County"

My mom and some friends were in "the Burg" Williamsburg shopping so they went down the parkway to enjoy the festivities.
4 of the 5 York County high school bands played (we only had 3 when I graduated 24 years ago)
French dignitaries were there
the Fife and Drum corp from Marshall University were there (my mother is a Marshall alum)

My mom and her friends enjoyed some Brunswick stew and ham biscuits

she said there were about 10,000 people in attendance.

[elleng]

1. 10,000? WOW!

[underpants]

3. I saw Reagan speak there in 1981

of course I was 400 yards away on the battlegrounds and Ronnie was behind a sheet of bulletproof glass.... but I am told that he was in the same field as me

[virgogal]

2. You got me at the stew and the biscuits. Yum!