The slogan may be "Virginia Is For Lovers", but we say Virginia is for families! There are so many amazing things to do in ...

The Berkeley 250 Francis Marion Commission has a slate of events planned this spring to celebrate the 250 years since the ...

Explore the birth of a democracy at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. The climactic battle of the Revolutionary War in 1781 is illustrated by a recreation Continental Army encampment and ...

Immediately after the war, the Allies – led by the U.S., France and Britain – stayed together to craft the peace agreements, feed the war-ravaged parts of Europe and intervene in Russia after the ...

This French victory ensured our final defeat at Yorktown, the battle which ended British rule ... which still survives as a museum in South Carolina. My advice is not to be too sensitive about ...

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...

Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina ...

County BOS adopts resolution designating Aug. 22-23 for events recalling 200 years since revered Marquis who served with ...

The museum covers 301 acres (121ha ... Adding to Virginia’s seat as Mother of the States is Yorktown Battlefield, where American Independence was won. The battlefield is where in 1781, British forces ...

With so many spots devoted to Colonial and Revolutionary history in the Williamsburg area, what makes Yorktown Battlefield so special? For starters, it's the site of the 1781 siege and surrender ...

Visitors to the Yorktown Museum can now experience history in a new, interactive way, thanks to 17-year-old Kelly Griffiths. The Yorktown High School senior has lent her voice to an exhibit ...