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Beginning July 4, the portrait will be on display in the Declaration of Independence rotunda at the American Revolution ...

A newly acquired 1790 portrait of George Washington is now on permanent display at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown ...

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

Another discovery showcased in the new images is a mural hand-painted inside one of the ship's elevator shafts. View of the mural, "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," hand-painted inside ...

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