Postcard: CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS OCTOBER 19, 1781 For Sale

CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS OCTOBER 19, 1781 American and French troops, and a French fleet under De Grass, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Lt. General of the British Army, signaled articles of capitulation. The British troops marched out their colors, cased, their band playing an old English march appropriately called "The World Turned Upside Down." Eight thousand men laid down their arms. American independence became inevitable from this day. C-24705 U.S.A. WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL WAX MUSEUM On Richmond Road, Route 60 Williamsburg, Virginia COLOR BY MIKE ROBERTS BERKELEY, CALIF. 94710