William Thompson deserves plaudits as one of many whose early service led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence ...

The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will display this circa-1790 portrait of George Washington by American artist Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822), who portrays the general as the victor of the ...

On Friday morning, community members with different areas of expertise from around Rockbridge County came together in ...

For WVVA’s first We The People feature, we’re giving you a look into revolutionary war-era history right here in the Two ...

Charles Bettisworth was born in King George County, Va., on Nov. 23(4), 1754. He enlisted in the Continental Army when only 18 years of age, three years after the battle ...

The Piankeshaw Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Ann Rogers Clark Chapter of the DAR are participating ...

The chapter’s activities included learning about Revolutionary War ancestors through a bingo game and visiting first ...

This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. The celebrations have begun, notably the Boston Tea ...

On July 11, 1780, a French army of 5,300 men and 450 officers under the command of the comte de Rochambeau landed in Newport.

On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of Boston colonists near the Custom House on King Street. Five ...

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

From resistance to revolution : colonial radicals and the development of American opposition to Britain, 1765-1776 by Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013 Publication date 1991 Topics American Revolution ...