Yorktown Victory Monument
The Yorktown Victory Monument is a monument erected in Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Virginia, commemorating the 1781 victory at Yorktown and the alliance with France that brought about the end of the American Revolution and the resulting peace with England after the American Revolutionary War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Yorktown, Virginia, U.S
- Also known as: “Yorktown Monument”
- Inscription: “One Country - One Destiny - One Constitution”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Watermen’s Museum and Yorktown National Cemetery.
Watermen’s Museum
Museum
The Watermen's Museum is a museum in Yorktown, Virginia. It documents the history of Chesapeake Bay 'watermen', from pre-colonial to modern times. The Museum is located on Water Street and open to the public from April to December. Watermen’s Museum is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Yorktown Victory Monument.
Yorktown National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Colonial National Historical Park is a large national historical park located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia operated by the National Park Service. Yorktown National Cemetery is situated 2,900 feet south of Yorktown Victory Monument.
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge
Bridge
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The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Yorktown and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of Virginia. George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is situated 3,500 feet north of Yorktown Victory Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yorktown and Gloucester Point.
Yorktown
Village
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Yorktown is a town in York County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682.
Gloucester Point
Town
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Gloucester Point is a census-designated place in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,402 at the 2010 census. It is home to the College of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a graduate school for the study of oceanography.
Crab
Locality
Crab is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Crab is situated 2½ miles north of Yorktown Victory Monument.
Yorktown Victory Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: York County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.23341° or 37° 14′ 0″ northLongitude
-76.50499° or 76° 30′ 18″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Inception
August 12th, 1884Height
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
87956FMW+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 983263326OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q118946961
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In Other Languages
“Yorktown Victory Monument” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yorktown Monument”
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