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at about 10:00 o'clock on the morning of october 17, 1781, outside the small tobacco port of yorktown virginia, a loan drummer mounted the besieged british lines beating a rhythm. the sound of the drum was an audible against the background of constant firing straight if it had not been for the visibility of the redcoat, he might have been a way until doomsday. he was followed by an officer holding up a white handkerchief and proposing negotiations for surrender. the war of american information suddenly ceased. a junior officer described how when the firing ceased i thought i'd never heard a drum equal to it. the most delightful music to us all. troops on either side from a distance of less than 200 yards. the british army led the union and the victors were forced to wait for the pleasure of seeing their humiliated folk prayed before them. although washington had specified that the time to surrender would take place at 2:00 o'clock precisely, the british and german troops did not appear right away. dressed in smart new uniforms, they formed two columns more than a mile long. the park i
at about 10:00 o'clock on the morning of october 17, 1781, outside the small tobacco port of yorktown virginia, a loan drummer mounted the besieged british lines beating a rhythm. the sound of the drum was an audible against the background of constant firing straight if it had not been for the visibility of the redcoat, he might have been a way until doomsday. he was followed by an officer holding up a white handkerchief and proposing negotiations for surrender. the war of american information...
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and if they were equally astonished and overjoyed when the french navy arrived at yorktown and america had won the revolution at last. so the times are very important to the book. they are the times that they lived through. and also, what was important for me was that they lived through the ideas of the time and because of what happened in america, we are getting this opportunity to start a nation anew. they had opinions on what it was like to live under a monarch. and they had ideas on what the ideal nationstate should be. and i found that there were large impacts on their vision and one was the nytimes meant. they had all read the buck on the nytimes meant and the view on the general will and that it had a very big impact and they felt strongly about the quality between the races. abigail at one time said to john i. don't understand how someone in virginia can have the same passion we have for the resolution for the rights of man and woman, so they had very strong ideas about the quality. on the other hand, they were puritans. and for puritans, the most important thing in the world w
and if they were equally astonished and overjoyed when the french navy arrived at yorktown and america had won the revolution at last. so the times are very important to the book. they are the times that they lived through. and also, what was important for me was that they lived through the ideas of the time and because of what happened in america, we are getting this opportunity to start a nation anew. they had opinions on what it was like to live under a monarch. and they had ideas on what...
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the morning of october the 17th, 1781, outside yorktown in virginia, but a long-term or mounted the parenthas said that this each british lines between the ribbon. the sound of his drum was an oddball again background, to irene. if it had not been for visibility at the redcoat, he might as either way until doomsday. he was followed by an officer holding that the way hanker cheese and proposing negotiations to surrender. the american suddenly ceased. the junior officer in the pennsylvania line at the continental army described how when the firing ceased, i thought i'd never heard a drug equal to it. the most delightful music to us all. they stood in silence as from a distant of last and 200 yards. i'm in october 19, the victors were forced to raise for the pleasures they humiliated so before them. other washington specified the type has surrendered with tape plays at 2:00 precisely, the british and german troops did not appear for another hour. a new uniforms they formed two columns more than a mile long. board on one side by american troops in the other by french. numerous spectators from
the morning of october the 17th, 1781, outside yorktown in virginia, but a long-term or mounted the parenthas said that this each british lines between the ribbon. the sound of his drum was an oddball again background, to irene. if it had not been for visibility at the redcoat, he might as either way until doomsday. he was followed by an officer holding that the way hanker cheese and proposing negotiations to surrender. the american suddenly ceased. the junior officer in the pennsylvania line...
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a nonprofit in yorktown heights, new york that provides blind individuals from all over the world withndividual who is blind and i've been working with guide dogs for 20 years now and i've gone to school. i've been able to go to my first job, started a family. it was really a call to action for me. >> judy davis from asheville, north carolina, came to guiding eyes for her first service dog. >> i was intimidated the first couple of days. it was just amazing how much there's to learn. >> personal sessions with instructors, judy and her new dog are learning to navigate the everyday situations most of us take for granted. >> let's go. >> from getting in the car to using stairs and elevators and weaving through crowded streets. >> it's all about finding ways to become independent, i guess, but with him, i can walk so much more fast. and i feel safer. to me, it's going to make a difference in my life. >> and guiding eyes graduates prove the possibilities just grow from there. from randy pierce who climbed 4,000-foot peaks with his dog quinn. >> there's nothing about my life now that resemble
a nonprofit in yorktown heights, new york that provides blind individuals from all over the world withndividual who is blind and i've been working with guide dogs for 20 years now and i've gone to school. i've been able to go to my first job, started a family. it was really a call to action for me. >> judy davis from asheville, north carolina, came to guiding eyes for her first service dog. >> i was intimidated the first couple of days. it was just amazing how much there's to learn....