Yorktown Poems - Poems about Yorktown

...Britain thought that they were tough- told us what to speak, pay your taxes and shut up- just how it shall be. Born in the woods, for our families trained to fight, not pushed around, farmer......Read the rest...

...Independence In search of freedom, many braved the high seas, Needing to flee the chains of their home countries. Desiring a fresh start in a far-off land; E......Read the rest...

...Yankee Doodle Dandy It’s where I’ve fallen and where I lay. Ashes to ashes, cradle to grave, Where drums roll and the fife played. Where the bell tolls, it tolls for me. Dust to dust......Read the rest...

......Through the woodlands the riflemen did steam, reinforcing General Greene’s second line, the British pressed on, still on the attack, but they had quite the devil of a time. Marching through ......Read the rest...

...Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold ......Read the rest...

......The sharp-shooters opened on him first, Cutting down fifteen of his dragoons, Tartleton ordered a grand charged, with his infantry now on the move. The sharp-shooters fired and fell back, w......Read the rest...

...They taxed us without our consent, we who though we were Englishmen, said we had no say in governance, so we simply boycotted them, threw their tea into the harbor, let them know that we’d had e......Read the rest...

...We Started To Go, Right After, "Hello, How Have You Been?" A Most Beautiful Start, Your Smiling Heart's, Winning Grin! Appomattox, Yorktown, Victories Sweet. Etched Onto The Sounds Of V......Read the rest...

...Jeremiah did not hesitate, he drew one up into his sights. His Kentucky fired in dawn’s glow caught a redcoat, dead-to-rights. The others charged, sabers drawn, so Jerermiah fled into the near......Read the rest...

...I wonder why, Several hundred years ago, The Yorktown Brits Played a drinking tune for surrender. Maybe they thought they were drunk? Maybe they thought they’d be drunk The second they got home......Read the rest...

...The end of May is coming . . . When the nation celebrates Memorial Day. Schools and offices are closed . . . It's the summer's first holiday. Do we remember why we celebrate today . . ......Read the rest...

...GENERAL WASHINGTON Once in command, he boxed in the British At Boston where he captured Dorchester Heights, Overlooking the Brits at his mercy As his men took aim with their cannon sites. ......Read the rest...

...wandering brother passing through time lonely and bereft of lost friends that were mine foggy streets of eternity it is not for everyone especially for this wretched ME a clown forlorn that ......Read the rest...