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Twitter cspanhistory. For a schedule of upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Each week American History tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. Next, we travel to yorktown virginia, to witness the arrival from france of the tall sailing ship hermione. The ship is a replica of a military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message of king louis xvi. The original hermione participated in the siege of yorktown in 1781. The journey was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the u. S. With stops in major cities along the way. Over the next hour, we will see remarks from american and french government representatives, interviews with crew members, and we will observe scenes and music from the arrival ceremony. When we arrived on june 5th hermione was just emerging from the fog. [cannon fire] [cheering] [le marseilleus playing] us playing] s playing] ....