Rabbi Edward N. Calisch of Beth Ahabah Temple has been appointed an honorary trustee of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association that has charge of the four days of celebration to take place in October in commemoration of Lord Cornwallis’ surrender to George Washington and the ending of the Revolutionary War. Rabbi Calisch will also participate in the exercises to be held at Yorktown on Sunday morning, October 18.
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