"Lest we forget!" God and country . OCTOBER 19^-1781 njie Surrender ofYorkiown OUT generaled by Washington, his retreatcut off by land and water, his outpostscaptured and his fortifications crumblingunder cannon fire, Lord Cornwallis surren-dered his powerful British army at Yorktown,Va., on October 19, 1781, and the War of theAmerican Revolution was won. With his three divisions commanded by thesuperb La Fayette, Von Steuben and Lincoln,Commander-in-Chief George Washington andthe American troops were supported by aFrench army under the Compte de Rocham-beau, and a French fleet under the Compt
"Lest we forget!" God and country . OCTOBER 19^-1781 njie Surrender ofYorkiown OUT generaled by Washington, his retreatcut off by land and water, his outpostscaptured and his fortifications crumblingunder cannon fire, Lord Cornwallis surren-dered his powerful British army at Yorktown,Va., on October 19, 1781, and the War of theAmerican Revolution was won. With his three divisions commanded by thesuperb La Fayette, Von Steuben and Lincoln,Commander-in-Chief George Washington andthe American troops were supported by aFrench army under the Compte de Rocham-beau, and a French fleet under the Compte deGrasse. From that day the torch of freedom,held high through nearly seven weary yearsof war, has illumined the world. The best minds in Britain rejoiced at theAmerican victory at Yorktown; the city ofLondon entreated King George to end thisunfortunate and unrighteous war, and onFebruary 22, 1782,—Washingtons Birthday,the House of Commons voted to sue for peace. Long live the United States of America! iA UTOCRACY CRUSHED. NOVEMBER 11 ^1918 jJrmisiice T)ay BEATEN on land, on water and in the air,representatives of the Hohenzollern dynas-ty pleaded for a cessation of hostilities, andon November ii, 1918, THE ARMISTICEwas signed, thus ending the most fearful warin history. It was pre-eminently a victory for Americanprinciples and ideals. The tide of battleturned the moment that the Stars and Stripes,borne by free Americans, floated at the front. The flood tide of democracy rose at Cantig-ny, swept onward through Chateau Thierry,Belleau Wood and Soissons, and overwhelmedautocracy in the Argonne. THE ARMISTICE marked the fruitionand world exposition of the hope expressed byAbraham Lincoln at Gettysburg in November, 1863:- ^^ That from these honored dead we take increased devotion tothat cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have diedin vain—that this nation^ under God^ shall have a new birthof freed
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