I’ve posted about these two monuments before (see: The other battle of Yorktown – memorials). That post also gives more background to the battle (really more of a skirmish than a battle as the numbers involved were not large). The earlier post was taken in Winter with snow on the ground. So in the name of completeness and to show the different season I’ll post again.

It’s also worth noting that the first monument (above) was erected in 1900 and commemorates three officers (presumably white) who were killed in the battle. A number of black soldiers also died, but it seems that they didn’t get a monument until the second monument (below) was dedicated in 1982. Native Americans also died in the battle, but it seems that they didn’t get a monument at all – until a third monument (in a different location) was dedicated in 2018 – but more on that in a future post.

Taken with a Sony RX100M3.