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 A L'Occasion Du Bicentenaire - Yorktown, VA Posted by:  bluesnote
N 37° 14.004 W 076° 30.299
18S E 366498 N 4121825
One of many tablets that encircle the Yorktown Victory Monument.
Waymark Code: WMN4QN
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2014
Views: 11
The English side of the tablet says, "On September 3, 1983, the bicentennial of the treaties of Pairs and Versailles which secured the peace and established the Independence of the United States of America. This tablet was offered by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution as a grateful tribute to the architects of these treaties who dedicated themselves to
"The best of all works -- The work of peace."
(Benjamin Franklin)"
Subject: Country
Commemoration: Bicentennial
Date of Founding: 1781
Date of Commemoration: October 19, 1981
Address:
Main Street, Yorktown, VA 23690, United State
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: Not listed
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