Yorktown Victory Monument (a.k.a. Monument to Alliance & Victory) in Yorktown, Virginia by John Quincy Adams Ward, Oskar Hansen

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The Yorktown Victory Monument in Yorktown, Virginia, commemorates the 1781 victory at the Siege of Yorktown, a pivotal event in the American Revolutionary War. Authorized by the Continental Congress in 1781 and completed in 1884, the monument honors the alliance of American and French forces that secured British surrender. The granite shaft stands 84 feet tall, topped by a figure of Liberty added in 1956. It symbolizes American independence and the Franco-American alliance.