Part 2
Due to the prominent role of the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment in the battle, there has been an active twinning relationship between the cities of Yorktown and Zweibrücken since 1978. The battle was authentically recreated in the summer of 1981 with the participation of several thousand soldiers. In addition to US President Ronald Reagan, a delegation from the Zweibrücken city council also took part in this ceremony.
As a result of the defeat at Yorktown, British Prime Minister Frederick North was forced to resign. In 1783 the Peace of Paris was concluded, in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the former British colonies and thus formally ended the American War of Independence.
Image: The surrender of Lord Cornwallis, October 19, 1781 at Yorktown
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