Battle of Yorktown

DATE: 2023-07-01
AO: #ao-bridge-house
Q:Toll House
PAX: 
Hustlebarry, Crawlspace, TP, Toll House
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4

​WARMUP: Flexibility
The first key to the victory at Yorktown was flexibility. Major General Nathanael Greene used his undisciplined militia to feign retreat, luring in the British. After inflicting severe casualties, he withdrew from the field, suffering a tactical loss but forcing Cornwallis to march back to Yorktown for resupply / evacuation.
Toe touches 17 sec
Cross to touches, 17 sec
Windmills 17
Quad stretches 17 sec
Side stretches 17 sec
Side Straddle Hops 17 4ct
Mosey to playground

THE THANG 1: Perseverance
The war itself lasted 8 years, requiring American fighters to persist in the face of many setbacks. Washington was careful to keep an intact fighting force, playing the endurance game, and when Cornwallis moved north to Yorktown, Washington saw his chance and moved troops into position.
1776 - 8 reps of 1 pull-up, 7 merkins, 7 sit-ups, 6 squats
Mosey to flag

THE THANG 2: Support
The victory at Yorktown could not have happened without the support of the French. Not only did the French naval forces defeat the British at the Battle of Chesapeake, but there were 4,000 French troops participating in the siege of Yorktown - far more men than the 2,500 Washington had available.
Pax paired up and walked 1776 feet down the river front trail and then back, holding cindys overhead. When one person couldn't hold it up any longer, they passed it to their partner.

THE THANG 3 - Action
After the cindy partner carry, the PAX gathered at the foot of the river retaining wall. To bring cannon to bear on the city itself, American and French troops had to storm the outlying British redoubts through gunfire and a hail of grenades, taking the fortifications in hand-to-hand combat.
The PAX had to leap the wall and sprint up the steep 100 yard hill with the cindys, arriving back at the shovel flag.

MARY:
17 second plank
17 4ct American Hammers

COT / ANNOUCEMENTS:
Count-off, name-a-rama
Macon 1776 CSAUP on Tuesday
Launch event on next Saturday
Tweeter  will Q the Saturday after (he doesn't know it yet)
PAX asked about donating to Coffeeteria funds
Closed with prayer and the pledge

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