what makes Yorktown Battlefield so special? For starters, it's the site of the 1781 siege and surrender of British troops to General George Washington in the Revolutionary War. And second ...

The film recounts the pivotal events leading to the British surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. It details the strategic maneuvers of British General Cornwallis and the ...

A new set of stamps honors five pivotal American Revolution battlefields across the Northeast as the US prepares for its ...

Founded in 1691, Yorktown ... where the surrender terms were negotiated between Lord Cornwallis and General Washington; Surrender Field, where the British surrendered; the field hospital; and ...

one British troops moved on, the Patriot majority would emerge, and restore revolutionary control over. So, while seeking to crush American resistance, Cornwallis instead found himself running all ...