#de grasse

[artschoolglasses]

Team Canada: Men’s 200m

Andre De Grasse, Gold

[thephantomofthelibrary]

On October 19, Cornwallis, Washington, Rochambeau, and de Grasse, among others, signed the articles of capitulation, but feigning illness, Cornwallis refused to lead his troops to surrender, sending instead his adjutant, General Charles O'Hara, to suffer the humiliation of surrendering his sword. O'Hara sought to hand it to Rochambeau, but the French general rejected it, saying that American general Washington was sole commander-in-chief. With Lafayette at his side, Washington ordered O'Hara to surrender his sword to General Lincoln, who graciously returned it to him.

Harlow Giles Unger, Lafayette, (2002) p.159

[cansinofan]

Rita Hayworth - Apri 2, 1951

...filmed by news cameras as she was arriving in New York via the De Grasse from Le Havre, France. She had taken her daughters and fled from Aly Khan - leaving her 3rd husband  and coming home - to AMERICA... needing to return to films because she was broke.

[artschoolglasses]

Team Canada: Men’s 100m

Andre De Grasse, Bronze

[thephantomofthelibrary]

Lafayette sent more spies into the Cornwallis camp, including some runaway slaves to whom he promised freedom for their services; some became personal aides to Cornwallis himself. He deployed Wayne’s Pennsylvanians on the opposite, south bank of the James River to assure Patriot control of navigation and sent his old friend and former aide de camp Colonel Gimat, by then commander of a Continental army battalion of light infantry, to Cape Henry at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, to await the arrival of de Grasse with dispatches, battle plans, and pilots.

Harlow Giles Unger, Lafayette, (2002) p.153

[menubot]

Why not enjoy some Indian Currie at S.S. "De Grasse"""? http://menus.nypl.org/menus/30660

[menubot]

Welcome to S.S. "De Grasse""", would you care for the menu? http://menus.nypl.org/menus/30660

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