In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the bayonet, allowing them to engage more successfully when in close combat ...

The American Revolution was over ... on Clinton," writes the National Park Service in its history of the Siege of Yorktown. "A French fleet was expected to arrive in New York later that summer ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — The Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown have announced a lineup of ...

The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will host a Shawnee Encampment on Saturday and Sunday — Sept. 28 and 29 — ...

Lafayette’s honorary diploma is on display as Virginia get ready for the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s return to America ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides ... the French fleet surrounded Cornwallis' men at Yorktown, Virginia, the British sent their black allies ...

The legacy of Lafayette is being celebrated with the Lafayette Bicentennial Tour through September 2025. A celebration in ...

CHESTER — Under the leadership of Pennsylvania State Regent Marguerite Fritsch, the Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution ... British Army in Yorktown, Virginia ...

With Virginia gearing up to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Maj. Gen. Marquis de Lafayette's farewell tour, the American ...