PAROUILLE DE FRANCE, YORKTOWN DAY
& ADMIRAL DeGRASSE CEREMONY
The Norfolk Chapter proudly participates in the annual Yorktown Day Celebration and the Ceremony honoring the French Admiral, Compte de Grasse, who defeated the British in the final Battle of the Capes at Fort Story, Virginia.
Our Chapter President, Robert Hitchings, recommends the Monday activities, very probably because of the wonderful food... "After the ceremony is over at the Yorktown Monument, folks go to the Garden Party of the Yorktown Women's Club at Grace Episcopal Church to get lunch - Brunswick Stew, Smithfield Hams, home made pies,..."
A couple of the events require prepaid mail-in reservations (the Luncheon and for the Banquet.) We also encourage as many Chapter members as are able to participate and walk with our Chapter in the Yorktown Day Parade.
For a map of Historic Yorktown, please click here.
Schedule of Events
"Yorktown Day" Events 2010
Commemorating the 229th Anniversary
of the Victory at Yorktown
(October 8th - November 6th 2009)
Monday, October 18th, 6:30 pm Yorktown Day Association Dinner ($40/person, prepaid rsvp only***)
Fort Eustis Club (Cash Bar)
(Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation
Tuesday, October 19th, 12:30 pm Yorktown Day Association Dinner ($35/person, prepaid rsvp only***)
Freight Shed - 331 Water Street - (Cash Bar)
(Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation
For more information or to RSVP no later than October 1st,
please call (757) 898-1243.
Tuesday, October 19th
8:45 am
Commemorative Ceremony at the French Cemetery
Yorktown Battlefield
(Sponsored by the Peninsula French Club)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation
9:15 am
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the French Memorial
(In memory of French war veterans)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation (Optional)
9:30 am
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the grave of Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown
(Sponsored by the Virginia Society, SAR)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation
10:30 am
Yorktown Day Parade on Main Street
(Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation
11:15 am
Patriotic Exercises and Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony
Monument to Alliance and Victory
(Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association)
11:30 am
Brunswick Stew Lunch ($7.00-8.00/person at door)
Grace Episcopal Church
(Sponsored by Yorktown Women's Club)
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Saturday, September 18th
2:30 pm
Battle of the Capes, Compte de Grasse Ceremony
Cape Henry Memorial Park at Fort Story
(Sponsored by Chapitre de Grasse, Alliance Française)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation - Rescheduled from October 19th 2009 -
The 2010 Ceremony will be held on the second Saturday
following Labor Day, to celebrate the actual anniversary dates,
both of the beginning (September 5th)and the end (September 9th)
of the 2nd Battle of the Capes.