Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered remarks at the Yorktown Battlefield Monument, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding ...

what makes Yorktown Battlefield so special? For starters, it's the site of the 1781 siege and surrender of British troops to General George Washington in the Revolutionary War. And second ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

Yorktown is widely recognized as the site of the final major battle of the Revolutionary War. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll called the anniversary a chance to reflect on the service and ...

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

A new book by Alan Pell Crawford, “This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War ... decisive battles — those that forced the British surrender at Yorktown ...