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

Yorktown Victory Monument

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

1. Yorktown Victory Monument

Inscription. This monument was authorized by Continental Congress, October 29, 1781, just after the news of surrender reached Philadelphia. Actual construction began 100 years later and was completed in 1884. The original figure of Liberty atop the Victory shaft was severely damaged by lightning. A new work replaced it in 1956. The shaft of Maine granite is 84 feet in height to which Liberty adds another 14 feet.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is October 29, 1862.

Location. 37° 13.991′ N, 76° 30.327′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It 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.

Regionally, this marker and monument is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bicentennial of the Treaties of Paris and Versailles (within shouting distance of this marker); Ratification of the Treaty of Paris (within shouting distance of this marker); Yorktown (within shouting distance of this marker); Monument to the Alliance and Victory (within shouting distance of this marker); French American Revolutionary War Memorial

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Yorktown Campaign Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Victory Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Men of the French Fleet (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 August 31, 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 August 31, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Yorktown Victory Monument Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

2. Yorktown Victory Monument Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 12, 2008

3. Yorktown Victory Monument

The Yorktown Monument to "The Alliance and Victory" was the first monument authorized by the Federal Government. It was authorized on October 29, 1781, just ten days after the victory at Yorktown. However, construction on the monument did not begin until 1881. It was completed in 1884.