He ordered Marquis de Lafayette and an American army of 5,000 troops to block Cornwallisâ escape from Yorktown by land while the French naval fleet blocked the British escape by sea. By September 28, Washington had completely encircled Cornwallis and Yorktown with the combined forces of Continental and French troops.
The group's White House tour had to be canceled due to sequester cuts. 1  Sixth-grade students from Lanier Middle School arrive Friday at George Bush Intercontinental Airport for a flight to Washington, D.C. The group's White House tour had to be canceled due to sequester cuts. Sixth-grade students from Lanier Middle School arrive Friday at George Bush Intercontinental Airport for a flight to Washington, D.C.  Photo: J. Patric Schneider, Freelance.
Cher has rescheduled tour stops in New York and New Hampshire due to illness. Photo gallery: Five decades of Cher outfits; A Monday news release says the singer has been diagnosed with an acute viral infection and has rescheduled opening stops on the second leg of her Dressed to Kill Tour this week in Albany, New York, and Manchester, New Hampshire.