n a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
n in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
City Breaks Ground for Yorktown Expansion Project They kicked off the Yorktown construction project at Bill Witt Park, marking the beginning of the City's plan to widen Yorktown to four lanes, adding a bike lane and raised medians.
June 17, 2013 - KIII Corpus Christi
Construction begins to widen Yorktown Boulevard, the first of the 2012 Bond improvements Road construction approved by voters this past November kicked off Monday with the groundbreaking of a street project to widen a stretch of Yorktown Boulevard — a main thoroughfare on the far Southside of Corpus Christi.
June 17, 2013 - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Yorktown crash slows northbound Taconic Parkway YORKTOWN — State police and other emergency responders were en route to an accident in the northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway around 11:45 a.m. Thursday, according to state transportation officials.
June 13, 2013 - The Journal News
Calixto Garcia in eTaiwan News We are not a wild people who ignore the principles of civilized warfare,Garcia wrote. "Like the heroes of Saratoga and Yorktown, we respect our cause too deeply to disgrace it with barbarity and cowardice."
John McCain in Malaysia Star There is no place I would rather wind up than right here on the USS Yorktown,McCain, a prisoner of war in Vietnam, told supporters. "This ship epitomizes the service and sacrifice of many Americans in many wars."
Gen Peter Pace in AHN General Pace tells Americans, both in and out of uniform, that, "On this Memorial Day, as we remember our fallen comrades in arms, let us reflect upon the countless battles with now familiar names such as Yorktown, Gettysburg, Iwo Jima, Chosin, Hue...