Three of the leading figures in the American victory at Yorktown and in the Revolutionary War now stand on Riverwalk Landing. At a ceremony Wednesday, a statue of the Marquis de Lafayette joined ...

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. This ...

A replica of the Hermione, the French ship that transported General Lafayette to America in 1780 to rally US rebels battling for independence, arrives Friday in the Virginia town where British forces ...

The Marquis de Lafayette was given an enthusiastic reception when he returned to the Peninsula to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the American victory at Yorktown. It was a real love-fest. By 1824 ...

Nearly 235 years after leading American troops against British Redoubt No. 10 at Yorktown, the Marquis de Lafayette is not as well remembered as he was when he returned to the former American colonies ...

YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - A replica of the French tall ship that brought General Marquis de Lafayette from France to America in 1780 is leaving Yorktown Monday afternoon. Thousands of people went to the ...

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- On Oct. 14, 1781, two British earthen forts prevented Gen. George Washington from completing his second siege at Yorktown, Va. Redoubts 9 and 10 would have to be taken by ...

A replica of a French frigate that in 1780 transported General Lafayette to America to rally US rebels battling for independence arrived to great fanfare Friday in the Virginia town where British ...