". . .Lafayette’s division played a key role in breaking British defenses in Yorktown, which forced them to surrender on October 19, 1781."
When Washington appeared, with men, materiel, and horses,
He put “The Boy” in charge of nearly one-third of our forces.
Thus on the Yorktown battlefield, our fa-vor-ite marquis
Performed a starring role to win this final vic-to-ry.
—Liberty-Loving Lafayette © 2020 by Dorothea Jensen
