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Memorial to Admiral Comte de Grasse, a gift from France

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Description

Memorial to Admiral Comte de Grasse, a gift from France. De Grasse successfullybottled up the British at Yorktown allowing Washington to defeat GeneralCornwallis effectively ending the American Revolutionary War. Thismonument was given during our Bi-Centennial year.

Photographer

Captain Albert E. Theberge

Display Date

2004 October

Location

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Collection

America's Coastlines

Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Corps (ret.)

Keywords

Coastline

Mid-Atlantic Virginia