2009 Yorktown Day - October 19, 2009

The anniversary of the British surrender at Yorktown is commemorated in this annual event featuring a parade, patriotic ceremonies at the Yorktown Victory Monument, and a demonstration of military tactics by the Commander-in-Chief's Guard on the Yorktown Battlefield. Additional activities include guided walking tours of the battlefield and a wreath laying ceremony at Surrender Field, where the Siege of Yorktown formally came to an end on October 19, 1781, securing independence for the American colonies. Yorktown Day is co-sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association and the National Park Serivce, Colonial National Historical Park.

Douglas Payne, Edward Leake, Hon. L. Ray Ashworth,
Society President Thomas Vance, Meriwether German

Yorktown Day, October 19, 2009, Yorktown, VA. Sons of the Revolution are represented by Society President, Thomas Vance.

 

 

U. S. Army Fife & Drum Corps