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Statue of Admiral Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, admiral of the French fleetthat trapped the British Army at Yorktown in 1781, effectively ending the American Revolution with the defeat of Cornwallis

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Statue of Admiral Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, admiral of the French fleetthat trapped the British Army at Yorktown in 1781, effectively ending the American Revolution with the defeat of Cornwallis.

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