Where the American Revolution Ended

Today we had a chance to visit the battlefields of Yorktown. The historian knew we were teachers from Boston said you folks started it and we here finished it! We had a chance to go out to the actual battlefields and hear the historian recreate the battle for us. The French had a lot to with our victory and some French soldiers and generals, Marquis de Lafayette, Generals DeGrasse and Rochumbeau. What I learned from the historian was that out on the battlefield it was hard to know who was on what side because German or Hessian soldiers fought on both sides and both wore the same color blue. I also learned what a redoubt was. It's a fortification made with sharpened logs and earth that helped provide a barrier. Much of the fighting took place at Redoubt 9+10 where the British General Cornwallis was trying to hold a defensive position by the river. We finished at Surrender Field where the British surrendered to George Washington.