About the American Revolutionary War battle the American Civil War battle Battle of Yorktown 1862 Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Yorktown partof the American Revolutionary War image File Surrender ... American Revolutionary War Yorktown Campaignbox American Revolutionary War The Siege of Yorktown , Battle of Yorktown , or Surrender of Yorktown , the latter taking place on October 19, 1781, was a decisive ... York 1881 page 156 accessed 5 October 2009 ref The siege of Yorktown is also known in German historiography ... History http www.xenophongroup.com mcjoynt yrkcam z.htm Siege of Yorktown website http www.bartleby.com ... www.revolutionarywaranimated.com YorktownAnimation.html Animated History of The Siege of Yorktown http www.ouramericanhistory.com events yorktown.html The Role of the Spanish and Cubans in the Siege of Yorktown ... Coord 37.239301 76.510692 display title Good article DEFAULTSORT Siege Of Yorktown Category Sieges ... Yorktown ru simple Siege of Yorktown sl Bitka pri Yorktownu fi Yorktownin piiritys ... September 28 October 19, 1781 place Yorktown, Virginia result Decisive Franco American victory combatant2 ... Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis . The culmination of the Yorktown ... deep water port, which he began to do at Yorktown, Virginia . Cornwallis s movements in Virginia were ... the British to believe a siege of New York was planned. De Grasse sailed from the West Indies and arrived ... blockade of Yorktown. He was transporting 500,000 silver pesos collected from the citizens of Havana, Cuba, to fund supplies for the siege and payroll for the Continental Army. ref Ch vez p.225 ref While ... were able to finish their siege second parallel . Citation needed date July 2010 With the American ... began, resulting in the Treaty of Paris 1783 Treaty of Paris in 1783. Prelude main Yorktown campaign File Plan of the Battle of Yorktown 1875.png left thumb 367px A plan of the Battle of Yorktown drawn ... and then Yorktown, where he was instructed to build fortifications for a deep water port. ref Wickwire ... more details
Peninsula Campaign The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862 ... took place near the site of the 1781 siege of Yorktown , the final battle of the American Revolutionary War in the east. Background Image Yorktown artillery2.jpg right thumb 250px Federal battery with convert 13 in mm adj on seacoast Mortar weapon mortars , Model 1861, during siege of Yorktown ...Infobox military conflict image File Battle of Yorktown, Pursuit sketch.png 300px caption Pursuit of the flying rebels from Yorktown Sunday morning. br Alfred R. Waud , artist. partof the American Civil War conflict Battle of Yorktown 1862 date Start date 1862 4 5 &ndash End date 1862 5 4 place York ... Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder s small Confederate States Army Confederate force at Yorktown, Virginia Yorktown behind the Warwick Line . McClellan suspended his march up the Peninsula toward Richmond, Virginia Richmond and settled in for siege operations. On April 5, the IV Corps Union Army IV Corps ... ordered the construction of siege fortifications and brought his heavy siege guns to the front ... while he tried to convince the U.S. Navy to bypass the Confederates big guns at Yorktown and Gloucester ... Sears24 McClellan planned to use U.S. Navy forces to envelop Yorktown, but the emergence of the Confederate ... either the York or the James, so he settled on a purely land approach toward Yorktown. ref Eicher, p. 215. ref The Confederate defenders of Yorktown, led by Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder , initially numbered ... from Yorktown on the York River, behind the Warwick River, to Mulberry Point on the James River even ... had concentrated only in the immediate vicinity of Yorktown. ref Eicher, p. 215, ref Battle Image Yorktown1862.png thumb 300px Battle of Yorktown legend ff0000 Confederate legend 0000ff Union ... Yorktown. McClellan reacted to Keyes s report, as well as to reports of enemy strength near the town of Yorktown, but he also received word that the I Corps Union Army I Corps , under Maj. Gen. Irvin ... more details
Yorktown may refer to Yorktown, Virginia Siege of Yorktown , a decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War Siege of Yorktown 1862 , a battle that was part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War Naval Weapons Station Yorktown , U.S. Navy facility Yorktown, Illinois Yorktown, Indiana Yorktown, Iowa Yorktown, New Jersey Yorktown, New York Yorktown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , a neighborhood of the city Yorktown, Texas USS Yorktown , various ships with that name See also Yorktown High School disambiguation Yorkton , Saskatchewan, Canada disambig geo DEFAULTSORT Yorktown Category English toponyms de Yorktown es Yorktown desambiguaci n fr Yorktown it Yorktown nl Yorktown ja pl Yorktown pt Yorktown vo Yorktown ... more details
Battle of Yorktown may refer to Siege of Yorktown 1781 , last major battle during the American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence Battle of Yorktown 1862 , a battle during the Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War disambiguation cs Bitva u Yorktownu es Batalla de Yorktown ru simple Battle of Yorktown zh ... more details
Virginia in 1634. The town is most famous as the site of the Siege of Yorktownsiege and subsequent ... General Charles Cornwallis during the 1781 siege of Yorktownsiege , which was the last major battle ...Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, Virginia settlement type Census designated place CDP motto Images image skyline Yorktown customhouse.jpg imagesize 230px map caption Location of Yorktown, Virginia ... GNIS feature ID blank1 info 1500081 GR 3 website footnotes Yorktown is a census designated place CDP ... War on October 19, 1781. Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown effectively ended the war. Yorktown also figured prominently in the American Civil War 1861 1865 , serving as a major port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time. Today, Yorktown is part of an important national resource known as the Historic Triangle of Yorktown, Jamestown, Virginia Jamestown and Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg , and is the eastern terminus of the Colonial Parkway . Yorktown is also the eastern terminus of the TransAmerica ... of Lord Cornwallis.jpg thumb left 220px Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. Painting by John Trumbull Yorktown, named for the ancient city of York in Yorkshire , North England Northern ..., when the name Yorktown came into common use. ref http books.google.com books?id cOBBAAAAMAAJ&pg PA185&lpg PA185&dq York Yorktown Nelson&source web&ots K0lYAMCMI8&sig SgpjGH4qMVo4K7NW6ap5TC9yw8Q&hl en&sa ... earthworks dug by the siege besieging American and French forces. During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War 1861 1865 , the town was captured from the Confederacy following the Siege of Yorktown 1862 Siege and Battle of Yorktown and was then used as a base by the Union American Civil War Union Army of the Potomac under General George B. McClellan . The Yorktown Victory Monument ... &aspect Keyword&menu search&ri 1 Yorktown Victory Monument, Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian ... more details
USS Yorktown may refer to one of many real world or fictional vessels In the United States Navy USS Yorktown 1839 , a 16 gun sloop of war commissioned in 1840 sunk in 1850 USS Yorktown PG 1 , the lead Yorktown class gunboat commissioned in 1889 sold in 1921 USS Yorktown CV 5 , the lead Yorktown class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937 sunk in 1942 USS Yorktown CV 10 , an Essex class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943 museum ship since 1975 USS Yorktown CG 48 , a Ticonderoga class cruiser commissioned in 1984 awaiting scrapping In fiction At least two USS Yorktown s have appeared in the Star Trek franchise USS Yorktown , a Constitution class starship Constitution class starship appearing in the 23rd century USS Yorktown NCC 61137 , a List of Starfleet starships ordered by class Zodiac class Zodiac class starship appearing in the 24th century Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Yorktown, Uss Category United States Navy ship names de USS Yorktown es USS Yorktown fr USS Yorktown ko USS nl USS Yorktown pl USS Yorktown pt USS Yorktown ru sl USS Yorktown sv USS Yorktown vi USS Yorktown ... more details
The Yorktown class may refer to sclass Yorktown gunboat 6 , a class of three steel hulled gunboat s of the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries sclass Yorktown aircraft carrier 6 , a class of three aircraft carrier s active before and during World War II Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Yorktown it Classe Yorktown hu Yorktown oszt ly egy rtelm s t lap sv Yorktown klass ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, Texas settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map TXMap doton Yorktown.PNG mapsize 250px map caption Location of Yorktown, Texas image map1 DeWitt County Yorktown.svg mapsize1 250px map caption1 Location coordinates region US TX subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Texas subdivision type2 List of counties in Texas County subdivision name2 DeWitt County, Texas DeWitt Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total ... Yorktown is a city in DeWitt County, Texas DeWitt County , Texas , United States . The population was 2,271 at the 2000 census. Geography Yorktown is located at coord 28.983196 97.502415 region ... Cos in 1835 at the Siege of B xar . For his military services, York received many acres of land in the Coleto ... of Yorktown. A historical marker designates York s grave seven miles from town. Charles ... a road from Indianola through Yorktown to New Braunfels , later known as the Old Indianola ... and established Yorktown as an important relay station for Conestoga wagon freighters , prairie ... in the settlement of Yorktown for Charles Eckhardt. It was built of logs, twelve by twenty feet, with a back ... in law, James Madison Bell, were killed. They were buried in a single hand made coffin in the Yorktown Cemetery some seven miles 11 km east of Yorktown. In 1852, on an inspection of some of his ...?title Ray Jelinek Collection 2C no. 20 Scenes of Yorktown 2C TX&gsearch yorktown Scenes of Yorktown, TX Footage of daily life in Yorktown in 1940. From the Ray Jelinek Collection, Texas Archive of the Moving ... in Texas es Yorktown Texas fa ht Yorktown, Texas nl Yorktown Texas pt Yorktown Texas ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Yorktown Historic District nrhp type image caption location Tulsa, OK area built 1921 architect Reddin, J.C. Adams & Reddin architecture Bungalow craftsman, Tudor Revival added June 20, 2002 governing body Private refnum 02000657 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref Yorktown is a historic district in Tulsa , Oklahoma . It is bordered by 16th and 17th Streets on the north, 20th Street on the south, Lewis Avenue on the east, and Victor Wheeling Avenues on the west. The Yorktown Neighborhood includes 19 blocks of single family residences. Composed of eight separate additions, the district does not exhibit a single pattern of residential development. Significant construction of residences in the Yorktown district began in 1921 with the Bungalow Craftsman style making up 69 percent of all houses in the district. Tudor Revival is the second most prevalent style, gaining popularity in the district in the late 1920s. Combined, the Bungalow Craftsman and Tudor Revival styles constitute ninety percent of the Yorktown residences. ref cite web url http tulsapreservationcommission.org nationalregister districts yorktown title Tulsa Preservation Commission ref Yorktown was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 2002 under National Register criteria A and C. Its NRIS number is 02000657. References reflist External links http tulsapreservationcommission.org nationalregister districts yorktownYorktown Historic District NRHP in Tulsa County Category National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Category Neighborhoods in Tulsa, Oklahoma ... more details
the siege of Yorktown. Campaignbox American Revolutionary War Yorktown Campaignbox American Revolutionary War The Yorktown or Virginia campaign was a series of military maneuvers and battles during the American Revolutionary War that culminated in the decisive Siege of Yorktown in October 1781 ... before the Siege of Yorktown On September 5, the British fleet arrived at the mouth of the Chesapeake ... Grasse by Lafayette, to convince him to remain. ref Hallahan, p. 165 ref Siege of Yorktown The siege ...good article Infobox military conflict conflict Yorktown campaign partof the American Revolutionary War ... Lar233 br Yorktown fleet 63 small ships ref name Greene466 Greene, p. 466. Greene notes that 32 of these ships ... of Independence Henry Clinton , the British commander in chief, that Cornwallis moved to Yorktown, Virginia Yorktown in July and built a defensive position that was strong against the land forces he then faced, but was vulnerable to naval blockade and siege. British naval forces in North America ... in August, and arrived near Yorktown in mid September deceptions about their movement successfully delayed attempts by Clinton to send more troops to Cornwallis. The Siege of Yorktown began on September 28. In a step that probably shortened the siege, Cornwallis decided to abandon parts of his outer ... earlier in the year, with its southern armies either captured or dispersed in the Siege of Charleston ... Island Newport, Rhode Island and Siege of Savannah Savannah, Georgia , they realized more active participation ... until after they had dealt with an expected British attempt to reinforce Great Siege of Gibraltar ... Annapolis , Lafayette traveled south, reaching Yorktown on March 14, to assess the situation. ref ... to the threat to New York, Clinton requested Cornwallis to fortify either Yorktown or Williamsburg ... at Williamsburg on June 26. ref name Grainger44 He and an engineer inspected Yorktown, which ... favorable than Yorktown, Cornwallis wrote to Clinton informing him that he would fortify Yorktown ... more details
Infobox Rockunit name Yorktown Formation image Carters Grove Bluffs Yorktown Fm.jpg caption Outcrop of the Yorktown Formation at Carters Grove Bluffs along the James River type sedimentary prilithology sand , clay otherlithology Mollusc shell shells namedfor Yorktown, Virginia namedby Clark and Miller, 1906 ref Clark, W.B., and Miller, B.L., 1906, Clay deposits of the Virginia coastal plain Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 2, pt. 1. ref region Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America unitof Chesapeake Group subunits Sunken Meadow Member, Rushmere Member, Morgarts Beach Member, Moore House Member, Tunnels Mill Member overlies Eastover Formation underlies Croatan Formation thickness extent Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina age Late Miocene to Middle Pliocene The Yorktown ... Carolina . It is overconsolidated and highly fossil iferous. Description The Yorktown is composed ... bivalves . Stratigraphy The Yorktown unconformity unconformably overlies the Miocene Eastover Formation, and conformably underlies the Pliocene Croatan Formation. The Yorktown was divided into members ... ref Dowsett, H.J., and Wiggs, L.B., 1992, Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage of the Yorktown Formation ... pelican Pelecanus schreiberi . Notable Exposures Type Section Yorktown, Virginia on southwest side ... section Age Hazel 1971 revised the age of the Yorktown from Miocene to Late Miocene to Early Pliocene using ostracod biostratigraphy . ref Hazel, J.E., 1971, Ostracode biostratigraphy of the Yorktown ... Yorktown Fm.jpg Coral growing on a Crepidula sp. slipper snail from the Yorktown Formation Image Rushmere Mbr Yorktown Fm.jpg Rushmere Member of the Yorktown Formation, with abundant Chama Bivalvia bivalves Image Sunken Meadow Mbr Yorktown Fm.jpg Sunken Meadow Member of the Yorktown Formation Image Balanus Yorktown Fm.jpg Balanus sp. barnacles from Carters Grove Bluffs outcrop, growing on a bivalve ... Geologic formations of the United States geologic formation stub fr Formation de Yorktown ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, Indiana settlement type Town nickname motto Images image skyline Yorktown indiana from above.jpg imagesize image caption Yorktown from the air, looking east. image flag image seal Maps image map Delaware County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Yorktown highlighted.svg mapsize 250x200px map caption Location of Yorktown in the state of Indiana image ... ID blank1 info 0446404 GR 3 website http www.yorktownindiana.org footnotes Yorktown is a town in Mount ... the Woodland period Native Americans built an earthen enclosure just to the east of Yorktown, still visible on Google Earth at coord 40.1805 N 85.4694 W . Yorktown lies at the junction of the White River ... configuration of the junction made Yorktown immune from tornado es. Yorktown was platted ..., and Yorktown was joined to Indianapolis by railroad in the early 1850s. Yorktown s main street bears ... journal date 2007 03 31 ref Yorktown benefited from the 1880s natural gas boom in the area ... adjacent to Yorktown but roughly ten miles from Muncie, Indiana Muncie . Buck Creek was dammed ... Muncie Morning News last unknown date 1898 03 24 ref Its most enduring legacy was perhaps that Yorktown ... and Anderson, Indiana Anderson , most associated with General Motors . General Motors in Yorktown closed down in 2003. Borg Warner in Yorktown closed in 2009. Yorktown also served as corporate headquarters of the Marsh Supermarkets chain from 1952 until 1991, a fact reflected in the chain s Yorktown ... Evangelical Christian , grew up in Yorktown. James Armstrong, former President of the National Council of Churches , spent his infancy in Yorktown. Jacob Bartlett, writer artist on the webcomic Terminal Crossing, grew up in Yorktown. Jonathon Newby , founding member of music group Brazil band Brazil grew up in Yorktown. Carl Storie, Lead singer of the band Faith Band Education Elementary schools Pleasant View Elementary Grade K 2 Yorktown Elementary School Grades 3 5 Middle schools Yorktown ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, Iowa settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map Page County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Yorktown Highlighted.svg mapsize 250x200px map caption Location of Yorktown, Iowa image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location coordinates region US IA subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name USA subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 flag Iowa subdivision type2 List of counties in Iowa County subdivision name2 Page County, Iowa Page government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 0.7 area land km2 0.7 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 0.3 area land sq mi 0.3 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 82 population density km2 114.8 population density sq mi 297.2 General information timezone North American Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m 332 elevation ft 1089 coordinates display display inline,title latd 40 latm 44 lats 2 latNS N longd 95 longm 9 longs 17 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 51656 area code Area code 712 712 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 19 87420 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0463248 website footnotes Yorktown is a city in Page County, Iowa Page County , Iowa , United States . The population was 82 at the 2000 census. Geography Yorktown is located at coord 40.733779 ..., Iowa Category Cities in Iowa ca Yorktown Iowa es Yorktown Iowa fr Yorktown Iowa io Yorktown, Iowa kk ht Yorktown, Iowa nl Yorktown Iowa pl Yorktown Iowa pt Yorktown Iowa vo Yorktown Iowa ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, Illinois settlement type Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 pushpin map Illinois Location coordinates region US IL subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Illinois subdivision type2 List of counties in Illinois County subdivision name2 Bureau County, Illinois Bureau Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area total sq mi area land sq mi area water sq mi Population population as of population footnotes population total population density km2 population density sq mi General information timezone Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft 640 latd 41 latm 34 lats 11 latNS N longd 89 longm 51 longs 00 longEW W coordinates display Area postal codes & others postal code type postal code area code Area codes 815 and 779 815 & 779 blank name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank info 421587 GR 3 blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Yorktown is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois Bureau County , Illinois , United States . Yorktown is located on Illinois Route 92 southwest of Tampico, Illinois Tampico . References reflist Bureau County, Illinois Category Populated places in Bureau County, Illinois Category Unincorporated communities in Illinois BureauIL geo stub ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, Arkansas settlement type Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 pushpin map Arkansas Location coordinates region US AR subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Arkansas subdivision type2 List of counties in Arkansas County subdivision name2 Lincoln County, Arkansas Lincoln Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area total sq mi area land sq mi area water sq mi Population population as of population footnotes population total population density km2 population density sq mi General information timezone Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc offset DST 5 elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft 184 latd 34 latm 01 lats 15 latNS N longd 91 longm 49 longs 00 longEW W coordinates display Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 71678 area code Area code 870 870 blank name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank info 56609 ref gnis 56609 ref blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Yorktown is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Arkansas Lincoln County , Arkansas , United States . Yorktown is located along Bayou Bartholomew and U.S. Route 425 convert 6 mi km north northeast of Star City, Arkansas Star City . ref cite map publisher Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department title Lincoln County, Arkansas General Highway Map url http www.arkansashighways.com maps Counties County 20PDFs LincolnCounty.pdf format PDF edition ... archivedate ref Yorktown has a post office with ZIP code 71678. ref http www.zipinfo.com cgi local ... more details
Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name Yorktown Center image image width caption location Lombard, Illinois , United States address coordinates coord 41 50 23 N 88 0 26 W opening date 1968 developer manager Continuum Partners owner KKR KKR & Co br YTC Pacific architect number of stores 180 number of anchors 3 floor area convert 1500000 sqft m2 1 floors 2 the Von Maur and Carson Pirie Scott anchors have 3 parking website http www.yorktowncenter.com footnotes Yorktown Center is an enclosed regional shopping mall located in the village of Lombard, Illinois Lombard , a suburb of Chicago, Illinois , United States . Opened in 1968, the mall currently features more than 100 stores on two levels. Anchor store s include Carson Pirie Scott , JCPenney , and a flagship Von Maur the largest store in the Von Maur chain . ref cite web url http www.chicagotribune.com classified jobs chi sun hiring 1111nov11,0,4201515,full.story title Holiday hiring time not joyful accessdate 2007 12 07 last Rose first Barbara date 2007 11 11 work Chicago Tribune ref The mall also features two junior anchor stores HomeGoods and Marshalls . Other amenities include a food court , a movie theater AMC Theatres ,formerly ... of its 1968 opening, the convert 1300000 sqft m2 adj on Yorktown Center ranked as the largest shopping ... Yorktown Center would lose multiple anchors over the same span. Wieboldt s was the first to close ... at Yorktown despite the popularity of the Carson Pirie Scott furniture gallery, it has continued to exhibit ... s closed as did all of its other stores . Since 2008 Yorktown Shopping Center has added A gaci, Charming ..., and Baskin Robbins . Currently there are only a few empty locations. 2010s In April, 2012, Yorktown .... ref cite web url http www.chicagorealestatedaily.com article 20120419 CRED03 120419754 yorktown center sold for 196 million title Yorktown Center sold for 196 million author Todd J. Behme date ... sales tax rate for Yorktown Center stores is 9.25 . Outside of the mall ring road, the sales tax ... more details
Coord 37 12 45.9 N 76 26 51.6 W display title Yorktown Refinery is an oil refinery located alongside of the York river. The refinery used to be operated by Giant Industries and earlier operated by BP Amoco. ref cite web url http www.giant.com refining index.asp title Giant Industry refining accessdate 2006 11 06 ref Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining in 2007. The refinery can run high Total Acid Number TAN crude oil crude oil with a high content of naphthenic acid s . On August 5, 2010, it was announced that the refinery will close in apporoximately 6 to 9 weeks. References reflist External links http www.giant.com Giant Industries http money.cnn.com quote snapshot snapshot.html?symb GI CNN Money profile Category Oil refineries in the United States Category Energy resource facilities in Virginia Petroleum stub ... more details
Infobox School name Yorktown High School coordinates coord 40 10 58 N 85 29 38 W scale 3000 display inline,title schooltype Secondary school Secondary city Yorktown, Indiana Yorktown state Indiana IN county Delaware County, Indiana Delaware County country United States USA district Yorktown Community School Corporation conference Hoosier Heritage Conference mascot Tiger File YorktownTigersY.png 20px website http www.yorktown.k12.in.us YHS YHSMain.htm Yorktown High School school government Fascism Yorktown High School is a high school located in Yorktown, Indiana , United States USA . It is managed by the Yorktown Community School Corporation. The school was one of the six Head of Class selections by the Indiana Chamber Of Commerce, for 2005, for their exemplary efforts. The six schools were selected from the 345 high schools in the state. ref http www.insideindianabusiness.com newsitem.asp?id 15098 middle Indiana Chamber Releases Best Buy School List , Inside Indiana Business, September 13, 2005. ref Athletics The school is a member of the Hoosier Heritage Conference . Their mascot is the tiger . The school offers the following Junior Varsity and Varsity level sports Baseball Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Cheerleading Boys Cross Country Girls Cross Country Football Boys Golf Girls Golf Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Softball Boys Swimming and Diving Girls Swimming and Diving Boys Tennis Girls Tennis Boys Track and Field Girls Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling References reflist External links http www.yorktown.k12.in.us YHS YHSMain.htm Official site Category High schools in Indiana Category Schools in Delaware County, Indiana Indiana school stub Hoosier Heritage Conference ... more details
Yorktown High School may refer to schools in the United States Yorktown High School Virginia , Arlington, Virginia Yorktown High School New York , Yorktown Heights, New York Yorktown High School Indiana , Yorktown, Indiana schooldis ... more details
Other uses Infobox film name The Siege image Siege movie poster.jpg caption Theatrical release poster alt director Edward Zwick producer Lynda Obst br Edward Zwick writer screenplay Lawrence Wright br Menno Meyjes br Edward Zwick story Lawrence Wright starring Denzel Washington br Annette Bening br Tony Shalhoub br David Proval br Bruce Willis music Graeme Revell cinematography Roger Deakins editing Steven Rosenblum distributor 20th Century Fox released Start date 1998 11 06 runtime 116 minutes country United States language English budget 70 million gross 116,672,912 The Siege is a 1998 American Thriller genre thriller film directed by Edward Zwick . The film is about a fictional situation in which ... based on 59 reviews. ref cite web title The Siege 1998 url http www.rottentomatoes.com m 1085113 siege ... The Siege Roger Ebert November 6, 1998 http rogerebert.suntimes.com apps pbcs.dll article?AID 19981106 ... and 75,691,623 in other territories on a budget of 70 million. ref cite web title The Siege 1998 ... Committee came out against the film. Its spokesman Hussein Ibish said The Siege is extremely offensive ... Muslims feel under siege from Hollywood url http ccat.sas.upenn.edu haroldfs popcult handouts demoniz TERR05.htm ref ref cite news date August 25, 1998 title Islamic Council Protests Timing of The Siege ... responsible. This idea was rejected. Zwick noted that The Siege s villains also include members of the U.S. ... one takes away, I believe, from this film. ref cite news title Director Ed Zwick defends The Siege url http edition.cnn.com SHOWBIZ Movies 9811 10 siege index.html work CNN NewsStand date November ... Film imdb title id 0133952 rotten tomatoes id 1085113 siege metacritic film id siege mojo title id siege Edward Zwick DEFAULTSORT Siege, The Category 1998 films Category American action thriller films ... The Siege ja pl Stan obl enia film 1998 pt The Siege ru , 1998 sr sh The Siege fi Poikkeustila elokuva ... more details
saved book title Yorktown class gunboats subtitle cover image USS Bennington 1890.jpg cover color Yorktown class gunboats Yorktown class gunboat Yorktown class gunboat USS Yorktown PG 1 USS Yorktown USS Concord PG 3 USS Concord USS Bennington PG 4 USS Bennington Category Wikipedia books on warfare Yorktown class gunboats ... more details
Refimprove date May 2008 Infobox settlement official name Yorktown, New York settlement type Administrative ... Yorktown is a administrative divisions of New York Town town in Westchester County, New York , in the suburb ... Profile Data DP 1 Yorktown town, Westchester County, New York publisher U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder accessdate November 15, 2011 ref History Yorktown has a rich historical heritage beginning ... all familiar names of local places. Most of Yorktown was part of the Manor of Cortlandt, a Royal ... River , which runs through the southern part of Yorktown, was dammed by New York City to provide its first major source of clean and reliable water. The first Croton Dam was located in Yorktown and broke ... Revolution , Yorktown was of strategic importance, with the Pines Bridge crossing guarded by a regiment .... In 1788 the township was officially incorporated as Yorktown, commemorating the decisive American Revolutionary War Revolutionary War siege of Yorktown Battle of Yorktown near Yorktown, Virginia , on October 19, 1781. Moving north after the battle of Yorktown, the French army camped at the site ... rumors claim that George Washington passed through Yorktown, no factual records confirm this. During ... historic sites and determined which should be preserved as a link between the Yorktown of yesterday and the Yorktown of tomorrow. Geography The north town line is the border of Putnam County, New York . The town of Somers, New York Somers borders Yorktown on the east, and Cortlandt, New York Cortlandt borders Yorktown on the west. New Castle, New York New Castle borders Yorktown on the south. According .... Additional facts about YorktownYorktown Heights is home to the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center ... become veggie delights at Greasestock in Yorktown Heights . Daily News New York Daily News . May ... Fuel, Fun and French Fries . http www.naturalawakeningsmag.com Natural Awakenings . May 2008. ref Yorktown ... Heights, Yorktown Heights and Amawalk. The railroad failed, was purchased by the New York Central ... more details
Other ships USS Yorktown Refimprove date July 2008 Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File USS Yorktown CV 5 Jul1937.jpg 300px Ship caption USS Yorktown in July 1937 Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country United States Ship flag USN flag 1941 Ship name USS Yorktown CV 5 Ship namesake Siege of Yorktown The Battle of Yorktown Ship route Ship ordered 3 August 1933 Ship awarded Ship ... Ship notes Ship badge Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Sclass Yorktown ... Yorktown CV 5 was an aircraft carrier commissioned in the United States Navy from 1937 until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. She was named after the Siege of Yorktown Battle of Yorktown in 1781 and the lead ship of the Yorktown class aircraft carrier Yorktown class which was designed ... of U.S. pre war carrier design. Early career Yorktown was laid down on 21 May 1934 at Newport ... group. Yorktown sailed for the Caribbean on 8 January 1938 and arrived at Culebra, Puerto Rico Culebra ... March, Yorktown sailed for Hampton Roads, arrived on 6 March, and shifted to the Norfolk Navy Yard ..., Yorktown shifted from the navy yard to NOB Norfolk on 17 October and soon headed for the Southern Drill Grounds for training. Yorktown operated off the eastern seaboard, ranging from Chesapeake Bay ... the inexperience of Yorktown and Enterprise comparative newcomers to the Fleet both carriers ... XX, Yorktown returned briefly to Hampton Roads before sailing for the Pacific on 20 April 1939. Transiting the Panama Canal a week later, Yorktown soon commenced a regular routine of operations with the U.S. ... Problem XXI that April. Yorktown was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM radar CXAM ... of the Fleet in Hawaiian waters after the conclusion of Fleet Problem XXI, Yorktown operated in the Pacific ... force from the Pacific including Yorktown , Battleship Division Three the New Mexico class battleships ... thumb Yorktown prepares to get underway in June, 1940. File USS Brazos AO 4 refueling USS Yorktown ... more details
U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the American Revolutionary War s Siege of Yorktown Battle of Yorktown . Yorktown was keel laying laid down by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia in May ...otherships USS Yorktown Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File USS Yorktown PG 1 , side view 1.jpg 300px USS Yorktown , c. 1890 1901 Ship caption USS Yorktown , c. 1890 1901 Infobox Ship Career Ship country US Ship flag USN flag 1919 Ship name USS Yorktown Ship namesake Siege of Yorktown Battle of Yorktown Ship ordered Ship awarded 1885 Ship builder William Cramp and Sons br Philadelphia ... fate sold, 30 September 1921 ref name DANFS cite DANFS url http www.history.navy.mil danfs y1 yorktown ii.htm title Yorktown accessdate 17 April 2009 ref ship breaking broken up at Oakland, California ref name Silverstone Infobox Ship Characteristics Ship class sclass Yorktown gunboat 1 Ship displacement ... USS Yorktown Gunboat No. 1 PG 1 was lead ship of Yorktown class gunboat her class of steel hulled ... by an assortment of smaller caliber guns. At launch, Yorktown joined the Squadron of Evolution of New Navy steel hulled ships. Detached from that squadron, Yorktown , under the command of Robley ... USS Baltimore C 3 6 at that port. After that situation was resolved, Yorktown took part in the joint ... returning to the United States in 1898. Yorktown was out of commission during the Spanish American War ..., Yorktown hosted the Secretary of the Navy on board when he greeted the Great White Fleet on its arrival in San Francisco, California San Francisco in May 1907. Over the next five years, most of Yorktown ... 1912, Yorktown was out of commission for alterations, but resumed duties off the Mexico Mexican , Nicaragua n, and Honduras Honduran coasts beginning in April 1913. Through World War I , Yorktown continued ... The Yorktown class gunboats unofficially considered third class cruisers were the product of a United ..., able to carry a heavy artillery battery battery . Yorktown was authorized in the 1886 fiscal year ... more details
of the British, American, and French forces fought in the Siege of Yorktown , or provided significant local support. British Army The British Army forces present at Yorktown arrived in Virginia ... 1783 Treaty of Paris . The siege involved land forces from the United States, including the Continental ... that were collectively known as Hessian soldiers Hessian s. Since Yorktown, Virginia was specifically ... by a large French fleet, some of whose marines were landed to assist in siege operations. German ... or recruited from German states, or were German immigrants to America this has led the siege to be known ... a fortified deep water port at either Yorktown or Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth . Cornwallis chose Yorktown, and began constructing fortifications there and Gloucester Point, just across the York River from Yorktown, in August 1781. Commander Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Lt ... Carolina Volunteers Detachments Pioneers American army The American forces that opposed Cornwallis at Yorktown ... at Yorktown, with a skirmish Battle of Spencer s Ordinary at Spencer s Ordinary and a larger .... Washington arrived in Lafayette s camp before Yorktown on September 17. Commander General George ... Edward Stevens Dabney s State Legion, Charles Dabney French Army The French forces at Yorktown ... to Yorktown. More of the French troops were transported by boat on the Chesapeake than Americans ... of marines provided by de Grasse in support of the siege. Commander Lt. Gen. Comte de Rochambeau ... reflist Source Morrissey, Brendan 1999 , Yorktown 1781 The World Turned Upside Down , Oxford, United Kingdom Osprey Military. ISBN 1 85532 688 4 DEFAULTSORT Yorktown order of battle Category Military ... more details
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