While the French fleet commanded by Admiral Comte de Grasse blocked the Chesapeake and held the British fleet at bay, American and French troops trapped British forces at Yorktown in the fall of 1781.

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 ...

Born a slave in New Kent County, Armistead ended up working as a spy during the Revolutionary ... the way for the siege of Yorktown, which effectively ended the war. Thanks to Lafayette writing ...

YORKTOWN — Historic Grace Episcopal Church in Yorktown held its annual Veterans Day Service On Monday, Nov. 11. According to ...

A new historic sign slated for unveiling at 1 p.m. Saturday will mark the spot where a French patriot passed by during the ...

More than 5,000 white-coated French troops under the command of Comte de Rochambeau arrived in America in 1780, more than two ...

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.

But there’s another reason to remember Yorktown today: it shows that alliances were crucial to building America. With war, conflicts, and hostilities gripping multiple continents, world events ...

Andrew Abeyounis, a Grafton High School history teacher, has been selected by National History Day to research stories of ...

YORKTOWN, Va. (WAVY ... which was led by General George Washigton during the American Revolutionary War.

While many pivotal Revolutionary War battles were fought further north, in places such as Lexington, Massachusetts; Saratoga, New York; and Trenton, New Jersey, the clash at Yorktown proved to be ...

Daughters of the American Revolution rededicated the marker for a veteran of the war that created the country Wednesday. Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith thanked the DAR and quoted John Adams as the group ...