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The earthworks in front of this open plain were integral to the battle that won American independence, and during the 1781 Siege of Yorktown these fortifications stood between American, French, British, and German soldiers and the enemy. General George Washington's General Orders at headquarters before York on October 9, 1781, directed people whose duty did not call them to the trenches and who assembled there merely to indulge curiosity to walk on the reverse of the trenches so they would not interrupt the works. In the 1930s, portions of the American and French lines were reconstructed using the same methods employed by Washington's army.
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