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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE 225th Anniversary of the Victory of Yorktown (October 19-22, 2006) The list below is from the Yorktown Virginia brochure (not copyrighted) Note: The Yorktown Visitor Center and the Yorktown Victory Center are two separate buildings, located on opposite ends of the city of Yorktown. Thursday, October 19, 2006 Time Event Location 9 am Wreath laying ceremony at French memorial in memory of French war veterans Yorktown Battlefield Trail 9 am Wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Governor Thomas Nelson Jr. Grace Church 9 am - 5 pm "The Legacy of Yorktown: Virginia Beckons" New exhibit which examines how people from many different cultures, those in Virginia before the 1607 founding of Jamestown and those who arrived later, shaped a new society. Yorktown Victory Center 9 am - 5 pm Military Interpretive Programs Demonstrations of military life and tactics by a Continental Army soldier Yorktown Victory Center 10 - 11:30 am Yorktown Day Parade. Included are all branches of US military, Corps of Cadets from VMI, French Navy Unit, high school bands, JROTC and NJROTC units, and patriotic organizations. Route follows Main Street and passes in front of the Yorktown Victory Monument,Ballard Street, Water Street and through Riverwalk Landing Yorktown. 10 am - 5:30 pm Vist the Godspeed Jamestown Settlement's replica 17th century ship. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10 am - 5:30 pm Visit the Virginia 18th-century replica sailing ship, the schooner Virginia. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 11:30 am Brunswick Stew Luncheon sponsored by the Yorktown Women's Club Grace Church 11:30 am Patriotic Exercises with the annual pageant of flags, greetings from France, a keynote address from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, wreath laying in memory of those who fought and died during the Siege of Yorktown in 1871, and a naturalizing ceremony for 40 new United States citizens. Yorktown Victory Monument 12-3 pm Commemorative Cancellation Station The US Postal Service had a specially designed Yorktown 225th Anniverary postal cancellation available for all stamped mail. Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center 2 pm Presentation of 18th century military tactics. by the Commander-in-Chief's Guard and the Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps Yorktown Battlefield 2 pm Concert Gloucester High School Select Ensemble Chorals Concert Grace Church 2:45 pm Perormance by US Army Drill Team Bayonet-tipped 1903 Springfield Rifles Yorktown Battlefield 3 pm Dedication of comemorative marker designating Grace Episcopal Church's listing on the National Register of Historic Places Grace Church 3:30 pm Dedication of new sign at the French Memorial, marking the end of the Washinton Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Yorktown Battlefield Trail 5:30 pm Music Fife & Drums of York Town perform Yorktown Victory Monument 6:30 pm We Salute You - An American Symphony Day's festivities conclude. Premiere of "1781: An Amrican Symphony".Live action spectacle. Yorktown Victory Monument 8:30 pm Spectacular fireworks over the York River Friday, October 20, 2006 Time Event Location 8:30 am Wreath laying ceremony at Redoubts 9 & 10. Sponsored by the Tidewater German Society Yorktown Battlefield Trail 9 am - 5 pm "The Legacy of Yorktown: Virginia Beckons". New exhibit which examines how people from many different cultures, those in Virginia before the 1607 founding of Jamestown and those who arrived later, shaped a new society. Yorktown Victory Center 9 am - 5 pm Military Interpretive Programs. Demonstrations of military life and tactics by a Continental Army soldier Yorktown Victory Center 10 am - 2 pm Commemorative Cancellation Station The US Postal Service had a specially designed Yorktown 225th Anniverary postal cancellation available for all stamped mail. Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center 10 am - 5 pm Tour the USS Normandy (CG-60) Modern guided cruise millile open for tours. Access via a free shuttle bus departing from th e battlefield parking area. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown 10 am - 5:30 pm Vist the Godspeed Jamestown Settlement's replica 17th century ship. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10 am - 5:30 pm Visit the Virginia 18th-century replica sailing ship, the schooner Virginia. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10:30 am Program in remembrance of French soldiers killed during the Siege of Yorktown, to include commemorative ceremony and presentation at Colonial Williamburg. Wren Building, Colloege of WIlliam & Mary 3:35 pm "October 20th, 1781, The Day After the Surrender" Historian Robert A. Selig presents presents this program. Yorktown Victory Center 4 pm Tribute to the French Navy Admiral De Grasse statue Fort Story 4 pm Battle of the Hook Re-enactment. (Admission fee) Endview Plantation 5 pm Anniversary Voices Live musical and dance production, 16 talented young people, variety show themed around America's 400th Anniversary. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 6 pm "Artillery Through the Ages" Examination and demonstrations of hte history of AMerican artillery Yorktown Battlefield 7 pm "Missa brevis in G" by Mozart Con Brio Choir of Grace Episcopal Church Grace Church 7 - 8 pm The Juried Art Show Preview showcasing the works of 23 area artists in both two- and three-dimensional media Historic Freight Shed, Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 8 pm Dancing in the street with live musoc bvy Slapwater Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown Saturday, October 21, 2006 Time Event Location 9 am - 5 pm Battlefield Encampment and Demonstrations MOre t han 2,000 Revolutionary War re-enactors camped on the Yorktown Battlefield and in the historic town, providing glimpses of the camp life of the Revolutionary War and demonstrations of 18th century military tactics. Yorktown Battlefield 9 am - 5 pm "The Legacy of Yorktown: Virginia Beckons". New exhibit which examines how people from many different cultures, those in Virginia before the 1607 founding of Jamestown and those who arrived later, shaped a new society. Yorktown Victory Center 9 am - 5 pm Revolutionary War Encampment and Military Interpretive Programs Revolutionary War re-enactors demonstrate camp life, mlitary tactics and weaponry throughout the weekend, and take part in competitions in musket speed loading and firing, fir-starting and period games. Yorktown Victory Center 10 am Lecture Lecture on the siege of Yorktown and its role in American history, presented by historian and author Robert A. Selig Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center 10 am Children's parade Scout troops, ROTC units, mascots and The Fife & Drums ofYork Twon parade down Water Street Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10 am - 2 pm Commemorative Cancellation Station The US Postal Service had a specially designed Yorktown 225th Anniverary postal cancellation available for all stamped mail. Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center 10 am - 5 pm Tour the USS Normandy (CG-60) Modern guided cruise millile open for tours. Access via a free shuttle bus departing from th e battlefield parking area. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown 10 am - 5 pm Vist the Godspeed Jamestown Settlement's replica 17th century ship. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10 am - 5 pm Visit the Virginia 18th-century replica sailing ship, the schooner Virginia. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10 am - 6 pm The Juried Art Show showcasing the works of 23 area artists in both two- and three-dimensional media Historic Freight Shed, Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10:30 am Re-enactment of French Attack on Fusilier's Redoubt Admission Fee Endview Plantation 11 am Infantry & Calvary Tactical Demonstration Yorktown Battlefield 11 am Ba-Baah & The Windigo A story of the 1607 arrival of the Jamestown settlers told from the point-of-view of a young Indian girl and the indigenous animals. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 11 am - 4:30 pm Children's activities Rides, face painitng, balloon animals and clowns Watermen's Museum, Yorktown 12 pm "Artillery Through the Ages" Examination and demonstrations of hte history of AMerican artillery Yorktown Battlefield 12 pm Concert Yorktown Chorale concert of patriotic, popular and classical choral music. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 12:45 pm Anniversary Voices Live musical and dance production, 16 talented young people, variety show themed around America's 400th Anniversary. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 1 pm Concert The Fifes & Drums of York Town and the Deep Junior River Ancients perform a concert of 18th-century military music Yorktown Victory Monument 1:30 pm Re-enactment of Attack on Redoubts 9 & 10 Major infantry action of the seige, in which Washington's armies captured two British fortifications, recreated by Revolutionary War re-enactors. Admission. Endview Plantation. 1:45 pm Anniversary Voices Live musical and dance production, 16 talented young people, variety show themed around America's 400th Anniversary. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 1:45 pm Lecture on George Washington by Harlow Unger, author of The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life Yorktown Visitor Center 2 pm "Missa brevis in G" by Mozart Con Brio Choir of Grace Episcopal Church Grace Church 2:30 pm Infantry and calvary Tactical Demonstration Yorktown Battlefield 3:30 pm "Artillery Through the Ages" Examination and demonstrations of hte history of AMerican artillery Yorktown Battlefield 3:30 pm Concert By the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Jazz Band Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 4:30 pm Mass artillery demonstration Yorktown Battlefield 5 pm Concert Chesapeake Bay Bearcats featuring Dixieland Jazz Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 5:15 pm Mass mlitary music demonstration Yorktown battlefield 6 pm Evening Battlefield Tactical Program Re-enactors recreate this night action from the Siege of Yorktown, when approximately 350 British troops stormed the American and French siege line. Yorktown Battlefield 7 pm "Missa brevis in G" by Mozart Con Brio Choir of Grace Episcopal Church Grace Church Sunday, October 22 Time Event Location 9 am Ecumentical Church Service Non-denominational worship service will be celebrated. Yorktown Victory Monument 9 am - 3 pm Battlefield Encampment and Demonstrations MOre t han 2,000 Revolutionary War re-enactors camped on the Yorktown Battlefield and in the historic town, providing glimpses of the camp life of the Revolutionary War and demonstrations of 18th century military tactics. Yorktown Battlefield 9 am - 5 pm "The Legacy of Yorktown: Virginia Beckons" New exhibit which examines how people from many different cultures, those in Virginia before the 1607 founding of Jamestown and those who arrived later, shaped a new society. Yorktown Victory Center 9 am - 5 pm Revolutionary War Encampment and Military Interpretive Programs Revolutionary War re-enactors demonstrate camp life, mlitary tactics and weaponry throughout the weekend, and take part in competitions in musket speed loading and firing, fir-starting and period games. Yorktown Victory Center 10 am - 5 pm Vist the Godspeed Jamestown Settlement's replica 17th century ship. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10 am - 5 pm Visit the Virginia 18th-century replica sailing ship, the schooner Virginia. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 10:30 am Interactive program of parlay Revolutionary war re-enactors re-create the cease-fire of the British army, in which they flew the white flag requesting a truce, bringing an end to the bombardment by the Allied armies and beginning the noegotiations to surrender the army. Yorktown Battlefield 11 am - 4:30 pm Children's activities Rides, face painitng, balloon animals and clowns Watermen's Museum, Yorktown 12 pm Ba-Baah & The Windigo A story of the 1607 arrival of the Jamestown settlers told from the point-of-view of a young Indian girl and the indigenous animals. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 12 pm Recreation of March to Surrender Field. Follow the Britsh army re-enactors as they re-create the 1-1/2 mile march of Cornwallis' army from Yorktown, along Surrender Road, to the field where the British surrendered in 1781. As it was in 1781, Surrender Road will be lined wiht Allied army re-enactors as the British torrops approach Surrender Field. While walking to Surrender Field, listsen to the 18th-centruy military marches that may hve been plkayed during the actual march out of the British Army. Yorktown Battlefield 12 - 4 pm The Juried Art Show Preview showcasing the works of 23 area artists in both two- and three-dimensional media Historic Freight Shed, Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 1 pm Anniversary Voices Live musical and dance production, 16 talented young people, variety show themed around America's 400th Anniversary. Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown 1:30 pm Recreation of British Surrender Ceremny Over 2,000 re-enactors will re-create the formal 18th century military surrender ceremony that occurred at Yorktown in 1781. Surrender Field 2:45 pm Concert by the Heritage of America Band, Blue Aces jazz ensemble Riverwalk Landing 4:30 pm Concert The Fifes & Drums of York Town performs 18th-century military music Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown

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