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P tw A 1 1 1 Ii w. w fL lJ z a I j Ji t it I t W T jJ 1 tt 1 fl y SNi i r T cf ti nt v- v I f t W o lf Br r. r I r ili M J i ft i JI I La Cd dYG AT 1 N Cg of or the er wiry nary of oC the Fourth of or July IN come with whir mo on a mental menial journey to the known least le and mo most t i seldom visited of or all the tho shrines of ot patriotism m given Riven to this nation nation nation na na- tion b by the Revolution our destination destination destina destina- tion Ion Is the quaint and historic village c cor of or Yorktown Va the scene of or the tho climax o of the War 01 for Cor Independence In n th the colonial period Yorktown or York or Little York as a. It Jt was more moro frequently called was wn a decidedly Important Im tm- tm- tm community but toda today it Is little more than a memory To be he sure lure the antiquated building are arc still here as are the streets now o cr overgrown rown with gra grass grad but hut the whole atmosphere of or the place IH Is that of oC a century and a quarter ter ago and the lIH occasional stranger who now 2 seeks clu out ou x this memorable Jc scene of oC strife trICe might reu readily bello that he hC hud had been suddenly sud sUII- den denly denty I to tho the early e-arly days lIaH of oC the republic Isolation In IH largely responsible for Cor tho ho Public nubile neglect of f this thin picturesque V ii w ro Lord Cornwall Cornwallis tin t fh hI Brit t J i 1 r PS the laal 1010 oro of DC Ring r l 00 wont vast down clown to 0 e C cn eat t before haruf tho attic forces force of u franco arid and leu Amor-leu un under under-tho cud leml- ol of lit KO GOOI-KO I Every cr scar upon upon- thousands o of pats patriotic Mount Vernon Vornon Bunker Hill Bill find and othor other mecca to o the thc memory Fri Y fl of the r founders o of the thc nation but ul th tho lIde tide of ot of nan ho swept by 11 Yorktown leaving tho thu lIt itt lIttin tin tle settlement drowsing In th the environment en en- environment n I of or a hundred years al a ago o. o The would would-be visitor cannot reach read Yorktown by either cither rath railroad nad or 01 steam steam- steamer I er or without a tedious and time con I suming Journey and apparently lh the Inhabitants do flu not expect many visitors visitors visit visit- ors Onto for Cor the two old fashioned Inns or taverns could not possibly a accommodate accommodate ommo- ommo date an nn aggregate ate of more than twenty twenty ty persons The pilgrim who does penetrate to this time old metropolis of oC Old Virginia is Is IH however vcr well repaid re repaid re- re I J paid ld for fOl hl his trouble for perched Marched on ona ona onn a n high bluff and d d by hy earth earth- earthworks h- h I works works relics of oC 1 two wf pcs It 18 It re- re on one of oC some same 11 river castle or of f t the hI Ii t OLD JT Y I I ff- ff GB G T TX WK E ET T J E 1 P 7 aDdY dT Z TO O TOIL n I AT I Lis 1 1 Jt L 2 L J Middle A Ages cs with will donjon-deep donjon and walled fortification protecting the bur burg and und dominating th the stream York was established as us a a. town In 1 1705 05 and find laid lahl out In streets b by Thomas Thom Thom- as Nelson Nel on founder r of ot the famous Camous Virginia family of tho name mime who had hadI emigrated front from Scotland Before the I Involution n. It Il hail had all the commerce of a and each year loaded many of ot tobacco for Ol vessels with cargoes which brou brought ht back vessels Enl England vessels to tho ho Old Ohl Dominion European luxuries luxuries lux lux- uries ures In great variety A. A reminder of oC these past glories wo we gee fee today Inthe In the tho ancient brick house custom In the United Stute 9 which stands stand on the tho JUn main main- attention h by byUN UN its moss roo roof thick walls and O o on ohly I doors In tho the colonial Il It vt Ity the tho f f for OJ tho rho mOIl met of tho ho town own and surrounding country and ami horo hero young s lit garments In and uld i TIO y o de d- d e 11 l wig vig I met mt to discuss the gossip of oC tho ho day day- mayhap the her lovo affairs of Geode RO 01 or the tho s. s of nr Thomas Jefferson Manifestly however Yorktown 1 never v I 1 recovered d from the siege when the shells shell from the American batteries riddled its It every building With the II rise e of Richmond as the capital and metropolis metropolis metro metro- I polis of or the thc stale the former proud community on tho York River slipped Into oblivion until today It Il has only a u afew afew few hundred cl inhabitants Inhabitant more colored Cl than white among white among whom the the- arrival al of or a solitary stranger trang iz Its dis an unusual vent event It is not unlikely however howe that next year tr 1111 will trill see w Yorktown roused In slim som Tn from Its Us sleen en of or a cen- cen J vj JI T i rr t 4 u L I I I I I I 1 I 1111 r tX IC zv ARP 1 Jury lury f f i the tho coming coining Jamestown ex ox- exposition x- x position lion will send thou thousands of oC An Americans Ameri 11 orl- orl cans anS to that interesting region known as Tidewater Virginia and a large proportion of or them are arc sure sUIe to journey journey jour jour- ney Hy to Yol Yorktown which Is located but hUt buta hUta a few miles milc from the scene of or the coming h celebration Assuredly this scene cn of nr the victory teton by which the in independence tn- tn d dependence of the United Sta States t-C t was achieved i is rich In objects and local local- i t 1 lies nf of historic RI significance FOI Foremost Foremast most of all is the field tl of oC surrender sue sur render r located lor about half hair a mile from I th the e village and no now no v marJ marked h by a sun sim simple plo granite shaft On this spot on October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 19 19 after a siege of oC 19 fla lays days 8 I by American and French h hI I troops of the line American militia and 36 French warships Ix Lord LordI rd Cornwallis surrendered his Ills whole I ann army consisting of or and ancl men S S-IO seamen l J-l-I II cannon canton and 21 2 I standards thus culminating the Jon long struggle tIuS le of III the thirteen American colonies col col- rules onies fur for freedom front from England Not far distant Is the building known as 1111 Moore's Moores H House ul where the thc terms of surrender cr were arranged A t monument mOl far tar more more- Imposing than that which h marks markN the thc field 1 of surrender UIrl l l overlooks s tho rho York river 11 I from the highest point In the th village this 1 hj memorial JJ to 0 t the h Ill nl victory of the lilt hr army anny was IM erected by i hel he American congress the tho the cornerstone corner corner- stone tono having been laid on October 19 10 1881 the thc one 01 hundredth anniversary of or thc surrender t Tho The monument c non non- m- m t t of ora a loft lofty shaft surmounted by hy bythe bythe the figure of oC I Liberty The base baC Is adorned b by emblems of or the alliance veon the United States Slates and France and 13 female CI figures ures representing th Unoriginal Un the original colonies To the thc visitor average present-day present hott however ever tl decidedly the most t Interesting interesting Interest interest- t. t ing of all alI the show 5 how places In lu Yorktown York- York town Is the famous ramous Nelson house This mansion which was at nt the tho time lime of the he siege as ag it ll Is IR to today ay the most Imposing structure In Yorktown was built In Jn 1712 It 1 Is a two-story two brick structure with corners of hewn stone built on an old English model and wo would Id by hI well worthy a a. visit as aa an cx- cx amt lc of or the thc colonial homes homs of or the Dominion even were IC there no his torl al romance to Invest It with Until shortly before the thc arrival ar ar- rival rival rival-of o of the troops the tho Nelson Neho house Wits wua oc occupied by Thomas Nel Nel- M i wiener signer 1 of the Declaration of uC in independence Ih- Ih dep lt dependence and who had but hut a few months before succeeded II Thomas Jefferson on as governor 1 of Virginia Governor Nelson way was present at th the s of DC Yorktown In command co of or tho rho Virginia and as as fate ClIo would woul have o 1 it H hIs Ills battery was the to too I o eil upon the town Ills rc the thC Arrest In tho rho place Governor Nelson had hac no doubt that It was vas oc occupied occupied occupied oc- oc b by Lord a as his headquarters und anti so MO the thc patriotic pointed c the first gun against I his its own dwelling J and afterward offered offered of of- a rt reward r warI f of live guineas g to every IY gunner g who would throw a ball Into inN he the truc ure ulc How llovy effective this hl won wan wonis Is s tit attested b by tit the th holes mad made l h by y th the tho cannon balls ballet which arc are to this da day visible in the walls However did not ol occupy Governor Nelsons Nelson's ul house for or long JonK If It at t all nil although sev several ral of or the most moat prominent were quartered quartered there The EnlI English h commander commander- In chief e established his his' headquarters at nt another house b by a R. different member of or th the Nelson family but was ns soon driven on by the heat of or the thc American American Ameri- Ameri can cnn cannonading eUng to seek refuge in 11 a cave In tho bluff on un the river bank bunk antI and In this excavation lined with green grcen balzo he h held ld council with his hi Visitors to Yorktown are arc shown a a. cave cavo ron consisting of or an apart apart- mont nent 1 feet In size and several smaller rooms room which tradition reputes re reputes re- re to bo Cornwallis Cave e but no nl historIan has vouched for or the tho absolute authenticity of or this Ibis although the tho ox- ox ca atlon I Is known to have vc hc been n one of those mu mode made l at tho the time of or the le f siege e Th Tho earthworks erected 1 at sit the tho time of or tho the final Onal struggle IH between the tho forces under UI General GEl l Washington lon and r Lord br P t t entirely 1 disappeared dis Ilia- appeared save o. In ht tho the case cao o of Fomo tomo fortifications of oC exceptional strength but hut there are arc plainly visible OIl on all 11 sides of the town tOWI tho remnants of or tho the defenses of or the second siege Hit of or Yorktown York York- town during the year 1862 when the Confederates for fm a a. time held hold this tats easily fortified point Pohl n against General Geno McClellan and the Ule r S c ono lateral ral troops that took look part In tho the T h- h Campaign Tho The Unionists R i wore ultimately successful an and M MCClallan MC and anil Ills his men entered red Yorktown Yorktown Yorktown York- York town on Sunday SUl morning 1 May 4 t but hUl the th ravages of lC this c cc c t but tut ut added al to the blight that tho rho thoI Revolution He placed upon this once proud community ly there thero lI I s 's snow now non a on nn foL t I n Ji dS to the r pat p iri l of and liv I surroundings t 1 n n n l park pare Waldon u It 1 W P-W 1 tv ett An n Industry has hai been con re-con recently tI created In ht till the west of or Franco at IS the seat scat of or several s cooperative eC opera co tire tive dairies and In the In ac 81 space 3 of a few months I It has hax grown NO so o 1 rapidly in Jm- Jm 11 f that hat It lH Irr notice This industry is the IIII extraction of oC casein Jn from milk |