Bastille Day Wine Tasting

323 Water Street,Yorktown VA 23690

14 July, 2021

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Join Sister Cities Yorktown for “La Fête Nationale” or more simply, “le quatorze juillet” (the fourteenth of July)! IT'S TIME TO GATHER! Join Sister Cities Yorktown (SCY) at Riverwalk Restaurant on the fourteenth of July to sample five (5) French wines with accompanying appetizers. Yorktown resident and local historian Michael Moore will educate us on the14 July 1789 storming of the Bastille. SCY members will also talk about traditions in our Sister City of Port-Vendres. Guests will be greeted with a glass of champagne and enjoy an introduction to each wine with distributor Bridget Goeke of Winebow Distributors. (Bottles will be available for sale at a reduced price at the event.) Tickets $25 pp; RSVP by 5 pm, Monday, July 12. QUESTIONS? email: [email protected] ### image source / citation: "Why Was the Storming of the Bastille Important?" History on the Net © 2000-2021, Salem Media. June 16, 2021 In 1990, Yorktown, Va., entered into a sister-city relationship with a tiny French Mediterranean village named Port-Vendres. The relationship was formalized on April 19 (U.S.) and July 13 (France) by the Yorktown Trustees with the mayor of Port-Vendres and other dignitaries. In 2010, Sister Cities Yorktown celebrated the 20th anniversary of the relationship with citizen exchanges between both countries. In December 2011, the York County Board of Supervisors formally recognized the relationship for York County. Sister Cities Yorktown is chartered by Sister Cities International. We abide by that mission: “To promote peace through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation — one individual, one community at a time.”