A newly acquired 1790 portrait of George Washington is now on permanent display at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown ...

Beginning July 4, the portrait will be on display in the Declaration of Independence rotunda at the American Revolution ...

Fireworks and celebrations are also taking place in Yorktown, where a circa-1790 portrait of George Washington is being ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Jamestown Settlement is located on Route 31 just southwest of Williamsburg and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown is located at 200 Water Street in Yorktown.

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, believed to be the one surrendered to Americans at Yorktown in 1781, is on display at the U.S. Army museum.

The 824-foot carrier built in 1936 rests three miles below the water's surface. Yorktown CV-5 was damaged at the Battle of Coral Sea in May 1942 and sent to the shipyard for lengthy repairs.

More than 3,400 people were killed in the Battle of Midway. Three hundred and sixty-two U.S. troops died, according to the National WWII Museum, and the vast majority of the casualties were ...