Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Monument to the Alliance and Victory

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Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

1. Yorktown Victory Monument

Inscription.

Monument to the Alliance and Victory. . Yorktown Monument Commissioners , 1881 R. M. Hunt, Architect, Chairman Henry Van Brunt, Architect, J. Q. A. Ward, Sculptor --------------- Oskar J. W. Hansen, Sculptor of Liberty, 1957. , Front of Monument: At York on October 19 1781, after a siege of nineteen days by 5500 American and 7000 French troops of the line, 3500 Virginia Militia under command of General Thomas Nelson and 36 French ships of war, Earl Cornwallis, commander of the British forces at York and Gloucester, surrendered his army, 7251 officers and men, 840 seamen, 244 cannon and 24 standards, to his Excellency George Washington, Commander in Chief of the combined forces of America and France, to his Excellency the Comte de Rochambeau commanding the auxiliary troops of his most Christian Majesty in America and to his Excellency the Comte de Grasse Commanding in Chief the naval army of France in Chesapeake, Left Side of Monument: The Provisional Articles of Peace concluded November 30, 1782 and the definitive Treaty of Peace concluded September 3, 1783 between the United States of America and George III King of Great Britain of Ireland declare his Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to be free, sovereign and independent, Back of Monument: Erected in pursuance of a resolution of Congress adopted October 29, 1781 and an Act of Congress approved June 7, 1880 to commemorate the victory by which the independence of the United States of America was achieved., Right Side of Monument: The treaty concluded February 6, 1788 between the United States of America and Louis XVI King of France declares the essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty and sovereignty and independence absolute and unlimited of the said United States as well in matters of government as of commerce., Shaft: One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Yorktown Monument Commissioners , 1881
R. M. Hunt, Architect, Chairman
Henry Van Brunt, Architect,
J. Q. A. Ward, Sculptor
---------------
Oskar J. W. Hansen, Sculptor of Liberty, 1957

Front of Monument:
At York on October 19 1781, after a siege of nineteen days by 5500 American and 7000 French troops of the line, 3500 Virginia Militia under command of General Thomas Nelson and 36 French ships of war, Earl Cornwallis, commander of the British forces at York and Gloucester, surrendered his army, 7251 officers and men, 840 seamen, 244 cannon and 24 standards, to his Excellency George Washington, Commander in Chief of the combined forces of America and France, to his Excellency the Comte de Rochambeau commanding the auxiliary troops of his most Christian Majesty in America and to his Excellency the Comte de Grasse Commanding in Chief the naval army of France in Chesapeake

Left Side of Monument:
The Provisional Articles of Peace concluded November 30, 1782 and the definitive Treaty of Peace concluded September 3, 1783 between the United States of America and George III King of Great Britain of Ireland declare his Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Connecticut, New York, New

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Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to be free, sovereign and independent

Back of Monument:
Erected in pursuance of a resolution of Congress adopted October 29, 1781 and an Act of Congress approved June 7, 1880 to commemorate the victory by which the independence of the United States of America was achieved.

Right Side of Monument:
The treaty concluded February 6, 1788 between the United States of America and Louis XVI King of France declares the essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty and sovereignty and independence absolute and unlimited of the said United States as well in matters of government as of commerce.

Shaft:
One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Erected 1881 by United States of America.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 37° 14.008′ N, 76° 30.304′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. Memorial is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. French American Revolutionary War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Bicentennial of the Treaties of Paris and Versailles

Monument to the Alliance and Victory Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 26, 2021

2. Monument to the Alliance and Victory Marker

(a few steps from this marker); In Memory of the Men of the French Fleet (a few steps from this marker); Ratification of the Treaty of Paris (a few steps from this marker); Yorktown Campaign Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Yorktown Victory Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Victory Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Yorktown (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Also see . . .
1. Yorktown Battlefield, Yorktown Victory Monument. National Park Service. (Submitted on September 7, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

2. The Battle of Yorktown 1781. A British perspective of the Battle of Yorktown from BritishBattles.com. (Submitted on September 7, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Right side of monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 26, 2021

3. Right side of monument

Back of monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 26, 2021

4. Back of monument

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 26, 2021

5. Monument to the Alliance and Victory Marker

Lower front of the base image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 26, 2021

6. Lower front of the base

Emblems of nationality image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

7. Emblems of nationality

Emblems of war image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

8. Emblems of war

Emblems of the alliance image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

9. Emblems of the alliance

Emblems of peace image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

10. Emblems of peace

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

11. Liberty

The original Liberty statue was damaged by lightning on July 29, 1942. This redesigned statue, scuplted by Oskar J. W. Hansen, was erected in 1957.

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Postcard by the Detroit Photographic Company, 1902

12. Yorktown Monument, Yorktown, Virginia

Credits. This page was last revised on March 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,533 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 7, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 1, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on September 7, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 12. submitted on December 27, 2014.