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Article: CONTINENTAL, FRENCH ARMIES TURNED THE TABLES 215 YEARS AGO.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 13, 1996
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Byline: George Tucker
Two hundred and fifteen years ago this coming Saturday, the freedom of the 13 American colonies from British domination was assured when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown to the combined Continental and French armies as his regimental bands played ``The World Turned Upside Down.''
The prolonged conflict, that had begun at Concord and Lexington in April 1775 and had been followed shortly by the total destruction of Norfolk by bombardment and fire in January 1776, had finally ended. When the news reached London, Lord North, George III's obese and bug-eyed prime minister, paced the floor of his Downing Street office muttering ``Oh ...
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