YORKTOWN — The annual remembrance of the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary battle that led to the British surrender and paved the way for the end of the war, takes place this weekend. This ...

Oct. 19, the date British and German forces surrendered to American and French troops at Yorktown 243 years ago, isn’t a federal holiday, but should be a cause for national celebration. Victory ...

The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...

Thousands of enthusiastic supporters — Revolutionary War veterans and ordinary citizens — witnessed the return 200 years ago this weekend to Yorktown and Williamsburg of the young French general who ...

Two hundred years ago in Lancaster, that was the news of the year. It was 1825 and the Marquis de Lafayette had embarked on his farewell tour of America. A French aristocrat, Lafayette was better ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — The Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown have announced a lineup of civic-related events and programs running from Juneteenth to the Fourth of ...

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- On Oct. 14, 1781, two British earthen forts prevented Gen. George Washington from completing his second siege at Yorktown, Va. Redoubts 9 and 10 would have to be taken by ...

A sword belonging to a solider who fought in the final battle of the Revolutionary War will be put on display next month at the Museum of the American Revolution in Old City. The weapon, donated to ...