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1 Yorktown
Virginia’s Historic
Triangle consists of
the towns of Yorktown,
Jamestown and
Williamsburg, all
arranged in a rough
triangular shape on
the wooded Virginia
peninsula, a geographic
appendage known for
tidal inlets and marshes,
if not the originality of
its name.
Yorktown was the site
of the American victory
of George Washington
over the British Lord
Cornwalllis. The event
Peninsula to
the Piedmont
You.stand.on.the.cusp.of.Monticello.and.look.out..
There:.the.Blue.Ridge.mountains,.and.there:.the.
Piedmont.plateau.meandering.off.to.a.topographic.
pancake.intercut.by.the.squiggly.blue.waters.of.the.
Elizabeth.and.James.Rivers..And.spread.over.all.of.
this:.the.place.where.America.was.founded.(well,.
by.the.British)..Where.America.governed.herself..
And.where.she.won.her.independence.
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