Don’t miss this video from George Washington’s Mount Vernon! This nearly 30 minute movie covers everything you need to know about the Yorktown Campaign of 1781.

George Washington's Continental Army has fought for five long years to drive the British from American soil. Now, with the aid of French land and naval forces, that time may be near. Washington and his allies have surrounded the British at Yorktown, Virginia. The dream of American independence hangs in the balance

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