As the U.S. Army approaches its 250th birthday on June 14, 2025, U.S. Army Europe and Africa is spotlighting a unique aspect ...

The Governor’s Own” 29th Infantry Division Band of the Virginia Army National Guard will perform patriotic music for the ...

Author Joseph Ellis discussed Robert Morris, "The Financier" and how he provided the funds that allowed for the Continental Army's victory at Yorktown. Javascript must be enabled in order to ...

The Battle of Yorktown was more than just a victory for George Washington and the Continental Army, it was a global effort with history-changing coincidences. Come learn the exciting story of the ...

Officially, the Battle of Yorktown lasted from September 28 to ... George Washington—wisely—decided not to immediately disband the continental army until the Treaty of Paris had been finalized ...

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The siege of Yorktown was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War and saw British forces commanded by Lord Charles Cornwallis trapped by Continental Army troops commanded by George ...

Alexander Hamilton led an attack during the Battle of Yorktown. And "Hamilton" fever ... of Thomas Nelson Jr., president of the Second Continental Congress and governor of Virginia.

Seeking to regain the upper hand in a conflict that was dragging on, a major British army retired to the Yorktown peninsula ... invaluable support to the Continental Army, most notably in the ...

On Oct. 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the United States Continental Army ... events both preceding and following the ...

But when they faced off with the French and the Americans at Yorktown, it was heavy siege guns — the “kings of battle ... Among them were such Continental Army volunteers as Chevalier ...