The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the decisive battle in America's shocking triumph over the mighty British Empire in its War of Independence, began on this day in history, Sept. 28, 1781. The siege ...
Along Water Street in Yorktown, the life-sized figures of Gen. George Washington and Adm. Francois Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, have stood in an imagined conversation since 2005. The Marquis de ...
On July 11, 1780, Comte de Rochambeau, a general in command of 5,500 French soldiers, arrived in Newport, R.I., to aid the Americans in the Revolutionary War. In 1798 the U.S. Marine Corps was created ...
On the eastern side of Hartford’s Old State House, there’s an engraved plaque mounted on a boulder. Here, on Sept. 20, 1780, General George Washington, more than five years into America’s fitful war ...
French in Newport, the annual living history commemoration of the Franco-American Alliance, returns to Washington Square on Saturday, July 12. This event is presented by the Newport Historical Society ...
Q: What are the Rochambeau campsite and the Continental Army Hospital state monument near Reservoir 6 in West Hartford? M.S., Simsbury. A: According to Stephen Shaw and Bob Wolff of the Connecticut ...
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D’Estaing’s arrival inspired Washington’s second Westchester deployment. The American commander stationed the Continental Army in White Plains, and from his headquarters at the Purdy House laid plans ...
On July 11, 1780 Comte de Rochambeau, a French general in command of 5,500 French soldiers, arrived in Newport, R.I., to aid the American side in the Revolutionary War. In 1804 Vice President Aaron ...
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