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Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781

 

 

 

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Early America
Declaration of Independence, (1776)
Treaty of Paris, (1782)
US Constitution, (1787)
Bill of Rights, (1791)

Nineteenth Century
Treaty of Ghent, (1814)
Monroe Doctrine, (1823)
A House Divided, (1858)
Emancipation Proclamation, (1863)
Gettysburg Address, (1863)
Malice Toward None, (1865)

Twentieth Century
Roosevelt Corollary, (1904)
Made Safe for Democracy, (1917)
Fear Itself, (1933)
Date of Infamy, (1941)
Military-Industrial Complex, (1961)
JFK Inauguration, (1961)
Cuban Missile Crisis Address, (1962)
Crisis In Confidence, (1979)
Tear Down This Wall, (1987)

 

The image above is of British General Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington after the siege of Yorktown in 1781.

 

   
   
     
   
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