Yorktown Day
October 19, 2016, Schedule of Events
Colonial National Historical Park Centennial Signature Event
Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the French Cemetery
8:45 a.m. at Yorktown Battlefield
Sponsored by The American Friends of Lafayette and The Friends of Rochambeau
Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Grave of Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr.
9:00 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church
Sponsored by the Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Wreath-Laying and Commemorative Ceremony at the French Memorial
9:15 a.m. at French Memorial
In memory of French war veterans
Yorktown Day Parade
10:30 a.m. Main Street
Sponsored by the National Park Service
Custom House
11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Main Street
Sponsored by the Comte de Grasse Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Patriotic Exercises and Memorial Wreath-Laying Ceremony
11:15 a.m. Monument to Alliance and Victory, Yorktown
Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association
Brunswick Stew Lunch
11:30 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church
Sponsored by Yorktown Women’s Club
Additional Activities
Visit the Town of York, the National Park Service Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center, the Nelson House, the Custom House, the Watermen’s Museum, the Gallery at York Hall, the York County Historical Museum, and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. On the Battlefield Tour Roads, visit the siege lines, the redoubts, and Surrender Field. Visit Riverwalk Landing along the Yorktown waterfront, where the schooners Alliance and Serenity are docked.