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English colonists first landed here in April 1607, erected a wooden cross, and gave thanks for a successful crossing to a new land. In 1781, Americans could watch from these same sand dunes the largest naval battle of the Revolutionary War, as French allies defeated a British fleet just off this shore and set the stage for General George Washington's victory at Yorktown.
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