They pledged their lives, their homes and their sacred honor to the idea that Americans should govern themselves, that a nation built on the idea of freedom, a nation built on ideals, was worth fighting for. And Virginia was at the center of [the American independence] wager from the very beginning. It was here, on Virginia soil, at Yorktown, that General George Washington and his allies forced the British to surrender, ending the Revolutionary War. (02:33–02:38)
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Asserts that Virginia played a central role in the American quest for independence.
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