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Last hurrah of Bicentennial set in Yorktown
Yorktown prepares for a four day Bicentennial finale with 170000 expected attendees including President Reagan and French President Mitterrand. Four thousand reenactors, parades, and a surrender reenactment mark the end of the Revolutionary War celebrations.
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Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
George Washington
Reagan
George Bush
Francois Mitterrand
Cornwallis
Chesapeake Bay
France
Comte de Grasse
Washington
Comte de Rochambeau
York River
Gloucester
York
Mitterrand
Revolutionary Alliance
Williamsburg
Continental Congress
Congress
Lord Cornwallis