The National Park Service presents Exploring the Real Thing—your guide to curriculum-based programs at National Park sites in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia.
Did You Know?
The Yorktown Monument to "The Alliance and Victory" was the first monument authorized by the Federal Government. It was authorized on October 29, 1781, just ten days after the victory at Yorktown. However, construction on the monument did not begin until 1881. It was completed in 1884.