The
Norfolk Chapter proudly participates in the annual Yorktown Day
Celebration on October 19th and the Ceremony honoring the French Admiral, Comte de
Grasse, who defeated the British in the final Battle of the Capes at
Fort Story, Virginia.
Our Chapter's Past President, Robert Hitchings, recommends the Friday
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 To Be Announced
"Yorktown Day" Events 2012
Commemorating the 231st Anniversary
of the Victory at Yorktown
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Thursday, October 18th
6:30 pm
Yorktown Day Association Dinner
Fort Eustis Club (Cash Bar)
(Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association)
NSSAR/VASSAR Chapter Participation
Friday, October 19th
8:45 am
Commemorative Ceremony at the French Cemetery
Yorktown Battlefield
(Sponsored by the Peninsula French Club)
Norfolk Chapter Participation
9:15 am
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the French Memorial
(In memory of French war veterans)
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/ Norfolk Chapter Participation
10:30 am
Yorktown Day Parade on Main Street
(Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association)
NSSAR/VASSAR/Norfolk 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
Grace Episcopal Church
(Sponsored by Yorktown Women's Club)
12:30 pm
Performance of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard
and the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
Yorktown Battlefield near the National Park Service Visitor Center
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Luncheon at Custom House Garden
Main & Read Streets
(Sponsored by Yorktown Day Association)
NSSAR/VASSAR/Norfolk Chapter Participation
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September
4:00 pm
Battle of the Capes, Comte de Grasse Ceremony
Cape Henry Memorial Park at Fort Story
(Sponsored by Chapitre de Grasse, Alliance Française)
NSSAR/VASSAR/Norfolk Chapter Participation
- Rescheduled from October 19th 2009 -
The 2012 Ceremony will most likely be held on the first 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.
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