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Surrendered Colors:
During surrender ceremonies, British and German troops (including more than 800 members of the Ansbach-Bayreuth Regiment) marched out of Yorktown between lines of American and French soldiers. Refusing to recognized the Americans as the victors, the vanquished soldiers fixed their gaze on the French troops. Recognizing the insult, the French played "Yankee Doodle." |