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Recognizes the 245th anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought on March 15, 1781, in Guilford County, North Carolina

Honors American and North Carolinian patriots who fought in one of the largest engagements in the Revolutionary War's Southern Theater, involving approximately 4,500 American and 2,100 British troops

Acknowledges the battle's strategic significance as a pyrrhic British victory that cost General Cornwallis a quarter of his force and ultimately led to his surrender at Yorktown

Encourages all U.S. citizens to visit the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, established by Congress in 1917, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence