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Y orktown— Today and Yesterday By Shirley Wilensky UST before reaching Yorktown, your excitement mounts and imagination stirs as you think of all that this tiny town has seen. Here Cornwallis, proud, haughty leader of the English army sur- rendered to the Continental army on Octo- ber 18, 1781, and although there were a few skirmishes elsewhere, the war vir- tually came to an end on that historic, sig- nificant day. Yorktown is located on the York river, formerly called Charles river. Now it flows freely, calmly, steadily on its course, but many a tale of how the Brit- ish and Continental armies fought are in its depths, hidden forever. If you could talk, what weird stories would you tell? On a beautiful bluif overlooking the river stands the Yorktown Monu- ment, commemorating the victory for Independence. The four sides of the base contain, first, an inscription dedicating the monument as a memorial of victory; second, an inscription presenting a narrative of the siege; third, the treaty of an alliance with the King of France; fourth, the treaty of peace with the King of England. In the pediments over these four sides are carved emblems of nation- ality, emblems of war, emblems of alliance, and emblems of peace. On the circular pradum are thirteen female figures, representing the thirteen original colonies. On the belt beneath their feet are the words: “One Country, One Destiny, and One Constitution.” Words to remember now. At the top of the monument stands the Goddess of Liberty, star- crowned, welcoming everyone to share our peace and prosperity — bidding us to hold forever dear in our hearts the memory of the struggle that took place more than one hundred and fifty years ago. As the sun streams THE MISSILE Page fifteen
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