Don't Tread on Me! - Yorktown, VA
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bluesnote
N 37° 13.574 W 076° 30.347
18S E 366415 N 4121031
A plaque at the parking lot for the Yorktown National Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMQMY5
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2016
Views: 5
The sign reads, "The earthworks in front of you and across the open plain played an integral part in the battle that won American independence. For many American, French, British, and German soldiers, only these fortifications stood between them and the enemy during the 1781 Siege of Yorktown.
Please help the National Park Service preserve these works as monuments to soldiers who fought and died here. Walk only on designated trails. To protect the earthworks, bicycling, sledding and other similar activities are prohibited.
"Persons whose duty does not call them to the Trenches and who Assemble there merely to indulge Curiosity are to walk on the Reverse of the Trenches that they may not interrupt the works."
General George Washington
General Orders, Headquarters before York, October 9, 1781".
Type of Memorial: Plaque
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