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Oct 1, 2026
Denny GillemHOST
Some guests we'll be having in the coming weeks include General John Dragon Teichert and General Chris Petty with the Battle of the Month.
Denny GillemHOST
It'll be the Battle of Yorktown.
Matt HayesHOST
And thank you so much, friends, for joining us on America's Frontlines today.
Matt HayesHOST
We especially thank our military listeners for serving our country with both honor and dignity and for keeping all of us safe.
Richard SyrettGUEST
We don't have time for all of this.
Richard SyrettGUEST
But in 1781, Britain lost the American colony at the bloody Battle of Yorktown when British General Cornwallis surrendered.
Richard SyrettGUEST
To not George Washington, he surrendered to a French general, Lafayette, which has led some historians to wonder, did they really surrender the British? And have they since 1781 secretly trying to win the colony back? You know, he had the War of 1812 when Britain invaded the United States from Canada, where I'm sitting, and burned down your White House and then the Civil War.
Richard SyrettGUEST
you had the city of london the bank of london funding both the north and the south what was that all about uh different financial collapses again uh the control from the from the city of london the the the world's banking center um was were can we look at the british invasion not as a metaphorical british invasion in the 1960s But as a literal British invasion, another attempt for Britain, the crown, if you will, to win the hearts and minds of America's youth, to subvert that culture as an attempt to amass greater control over their lost colony.
Kerry WashingtonGUEST
I just was so moved.
Kerry WashingtonGUEST
And now I get to listen to it with my kids when they're like studying the American Revolution in school and talking about the Battle of Yorktown.
Kerry WashingtonGUEST
It's just so exciting to be able to return to that material again and again.
Kerry WashingtonGUEST
I just I think it's so brilliant and beautiful and important.
Mosheh OinounouHOST
[upbeat music] All right, we end here with On This Day in History, as we typically do.
Mosheh OinounouHOST
If you ever watched the musical Hamilton, you might have recognized those lyrics, "Monsieur Hamilton, Monsieur Lafayette, immigrants, we get the job done." On this day in 1781, General George Washington, along with French and continental troops, begin the siege at the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and about 9,000 British troops.
Mosheh OinounouHOST
So 17,000 on the American side, 9,000 on the British side.
Mosheh OinounouHOST
This would end up becoming the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.
Regina BlessHOST
French became the language of the courts, blending with Old English to shape modern English.
Regina BlessHOST
Moving on, Battle of Yorktown begins when a combined American and French force of around 17,000 troops completely encircled British General Lord Charles Cornwallis' army in Yorktown, Virginia.
Regina BlessHOST
1994, passenger ferry Estonia sinks, killing 852.
Regina BlessHOST
The MS Estonia passenger and car ferry sank in the Baltic Sea on this day, 1994, killing 852 people in Europe's worst peacetime maritime disaster of the late 20th century.
Mosheh OinounouGUEST
morning.
Mosheh OinounouGUEST
It is the 245th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Yorktown today.
Mosheh OinounouGUEST
Really? Yes.
Mosheh OinounouGUEST
I thought you were going to say it's
BeauHOST
What else have we got? On this day in 1781, 7,000 American...
BeauHOST
Sorry, 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops begin the siege of Yorktown.
BeauHOST
Ah, the beginning of the end.
BeauHOST
Well, the end of the War of Independence, the American Revolutionary War, whatever you want to call it.
BeauHOST
It's the same thing.
BeauHOST
The siege of Yorktown, where Cornwallis, our leader, was besieged there and ultimately defeated.
BeauHOST
A massive, massive help from the American rebels... from the French.
BeauHOST
The French basically bankrupted themselves in order to see the Americans defeat the English in the Revolutionary War.
Ed HowardHOST
Cabrillo's arrival initiated contact between European explorers and the indigenous Kumeyaay people.
Ed HowardHOST
In 1781, the Battle of Yorktown began when General George Washington, leading a combined force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, initiated a siege against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his 9,000 troops at Yorktown, Virginia.
Ed HowardHOST
In 1850, the U.S. Navy officially abolished flogging as a form of punishment through an act of Congress which was signed into law by President Millard Fillmore.
Ed HowardHOST
It ended a practice that had been a source of controversy and criticism for many years.
Preston ScottHOST
1781, American and French troops begin the siege of the British at Yorktown.
Preston ScottHOST
I have a bayonet from the Battle of Yorktown in my Revolutionary War collection at home.
Preston ScottHOST
1787, Congress votes to transmit
Jose CanuseHOST
the new Constitution to the United States for ratification.
Jeff McGuirePANELIST
And Mike Globe Jr. is 37.
Jeff McGuirePANELIST
On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding the force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins his siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against the British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown.
Jeff McGuirePANELIST
In the most important battle of the Revolutionary War, why was it the most important? Because when Cornwallis surrendered, it effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
Jeff McGuirePANELIST
And for the first time in history, a colonized country said, get out! And they did.
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