Virtual Lecture – Yorktown and the French Alliance
Zoom https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucuGpqD0pEtEPvadf_VjLpwv1ey0SmzAYThe Siege of Yorktown in October 1781 was a decisive win for George Washington’s Continental Army. Yet it was also a triumph for the unlikely wartime alliance forged between patriot revolutionaries and the 20221004-VLS-Yorktown-and-the-French-AllianceFrench King Louis XVI. University of Maryland historian Dr. Richard Bell explores the inside story of this essential alliance as it evolved […]