Diary Entry - 10/19/1981

Key Facts
President Reagan attends a meeting to discuss the upcoming International Meeting on Cooperation and Development in Cancun, Mexico.
President Reagan attends the Bicentennial observance and reenactment of the Battle of Yorktown.
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The anniversary of Cornwallis’s surrender. 60000 + people on hand. A colorful sight with the hundreds of costumed volunteers who portrayed the French, British & Colonial troops in recreating the battle. The cadet corps of V.M.I., our own forces all represented also. It was well & magnificently done. Home by helicopter to a briefing on Cancun.
