Benjamin Franklin - Yorktown National Battlefield - Yorktown, VA
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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: WMN4QT
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2014
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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)"
Address:
Main Street, Yorktown, VA 23690, United States
Website: Not listed
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