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

THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. Share full article. April 8, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 8, 1862, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

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

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

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

A collection of items from World War II sailor Charles Bonness was headed to the dump. After being saved, they are now part ...

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.

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in the most recent exploration of the wreckage of carrier Yorktown (CV-5 ...

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 ...