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Memorial to Admiral Comte de Grasse, a gift from France. De Grasse successfullybottled up the British at Yorktown allowing Washington to defeat GeneralCornwallis effectively ending the American Revolutionary War. Thismonument was given during our Bi-Centennial year. (Image credit: Captain Albert E. Theberge)