October 19, 1781, Yorktown Virginia British General Cornwallis surrendered to an American/French army led by Generals Washington and Lafayette. This was the effective end of the Revolutionary War. (my mother-in-law was present but she insists she was but a girl and doesn’t recall it well)
Yankee doodle keep it up,
Yankee doddle dandy…
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C. T. Suddeth 
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