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The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the decisive battle in America's shocking triumph over the mighty British Empire in its War of Independence, began on this day in history, Sept. 28, 1781. The siege ...

The cannon fire from the besieged British was deadly. One shot had just killed four Americans. Another had killed a drummer who had stepped from cover. Yet, as the Americans dug their trenches closer ...

American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781-1783 William M. Fowler Jr. Walker & Co., 330 pp., $27 Thomas Paine wrote a famous series of essays — begun as he ...

On October 19, 1781, Great Britain's best army surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. But the future of the 13 former colonies was far from clear. A 13,000 man British army still ...

Now or Never: Yorktown Campaign of 1781 is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

When British officers at Yorktown yielded their flags to the colonial army to end the Revolutionary War in 1781, it wasn’t George Washington or Alexander Hamilton who accepted the surrender. It was an ...

Music, special programs and a parade will celebrate Yorktown Day Oct. 19-21, the annual commemoration of the decisive Franco-American victory over the British at Yorktown that secured American ...

A 3D scanning was done by Automated Precision Inc. of Newport News of a restored English six pound ship’s canon from the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. The canon was recovered by crews in1935. This canon ...

On the morning of this day in 1781, a British drummer appeared in Gen. George Washington’s headquarters in Yorktown, Va., followed by a British officer waving a white handkerchief. The officer carried ...

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 ...