@divegeester
and still people think the Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster)
is hundreds of years old (being rebuilt in a neo-gothic style).
It looked old when it was new!
On this date in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis had marched his army into the Virginia port town earlier that summer expecting to meet British ships sent from New York. The ships never arrived.
@handyandy said"I hate when that happens," Cornwallis told reporters.
On this date in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis had marched his army into the Virginia port town earlier that summer expecting to meet British ships sent from New York. The ships never arrived.
@handyandy saidActually the ships did arrive but the French moved their ships between them the shore . Not wanting to declare war on the French the English ships did not attempt to land .
On this date in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis had marched his army into the Virginia port town earlier that summer expecting to meet British ships sent from New York. The ships never arrived.