Historical Marker
Cornwallis Headquarters
Historical marker location:
1000 Colonial Parkway, Yorktown, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Water Street, 0.1 miles east of Compte de Grasse Street, on the right when traveling east.)
1781 Siege of Yorktown.
In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, originated from a lawsuit filed by parents in Virginia.