Yorktown

Begin at the painting in the Lobby of the Visitor Center then head out the doors and take a right on the sidewalk to continue the tour.  

Historic Yorktown

Yorktown was established by the Act for Ports of 1691, ...

Yorktown Monument

Yorktown Victory Monument

On October 24, 1781, Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman, Washington's aide-de-camp, reached Philadelphia and the Continental Congress with the "glorious" news of the surrender of Cornwallis' army at Yorktown, on October 19th. On Monday, October 29, Congress officially ...

Battle of Yorktown

Yorktown

19 Oct. 1781

Marker can be reached from Pitcher Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

National Historic Landmark-USS Yorktown (CV-10)

National Historic Landmark- USS Yorktown

This aircraft carrier was the second ESSEX class carrier built by the U.S.

They formed the core of the fast carrier task forces in the Pacific. YORKTOWN supported American ground troops in the Phillipines, at Iwo Jima, ...

Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown

This tablet is dedicated

to the advancement of

the peoples of the Earth

in the arts of civilization

and to the abolishment of war

on the

148th Anniversary of

the Victory at Yorktown

by

Essex Chapter, D.A.R.

Orange Mountain Chapter, D.A.R.

Hannah Arnett Chapter, D.A.R.

Mistress Mary Williams Chapter, D.A.R.

Orange Chapter, D.R.

Janice ...

USS Yorktown (CV~10)

The keel for the aircraft carrier BonHomme

Richard was laid down December 1, 1941,

six days before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The

vessel was renamed USS Yorktown (CV-10)

in honor of the original carrier Yorktown (CV-5),

the only U.S. ...

After the Surrender at Yorktown

Near this place on October 19, 1781, a surrender occurred one hour after the Surrender at Yorktown. The British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton surrendered to the French Brigadier General M. de Choisy, Commander of the French and American ...

Yorktown World War II Monument

In Memory

Of Those Who Gave

Their Lives

And

In Honor

Of Those Who Served

In World War II

1952

Marker is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York Route 131) and Saw Mill River Road (New York Route 118), on the right when traveling north on ...

Yorktown Korean and Vietnam Wars Monument

Dedicated To

The Men of Yorktown

Who Served

With

Honor And Courage

In The

Korean and Vietnam Wars.

To Those Who Gave Their Lives,

We Are Particularly Indebted

For Their Supreme Sacrifice,

And Establish This Memorial

In Tribute

November 11, 1968

Marker is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York ...

Yorktown World War I Monument

In Honor Of

The Men of Yorktown

Who Rendered Service In

The World War

1917 – 1919

David E. Ackerman • John F. Anders • Harry E. Anderson • J. Colridge Archer • William M. Archer • Jesse W. Barger • Harrison S. Barnes • ...