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Continental Congress authorized the Yorktown Victory Monument on October 29, 1781, just after news of the surrender reached Philadelphia. Actual construction began 100 years later and was completed in 1884. The original figure of Liberty atop the Victory shaft was severely damaged by lightning, and a new work replaced it in 1956. The shaft of Maine granite is 84 feet in height, to which Liberty adds another 14 feet.
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Yorktown, Virginia · United States
