The newly formed Poplar Grove and Tide Mill Foundation has acquired the historic mill and the Poplar Grove Estate, located on the East River ...

WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON FORMALLY accepted his appointment as commander-in-chief of the newly created Continental Army on June 16, 1775—250 years ago today—he was the army. No other officers had been ...

Later, as Captain, he led the Yorktown siege of 1862, and was engaged in combat at Malvern Hill, Harrison’s Landing, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Centreville, and Fredericksburg. He was appointed ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

The first lecture and staff ride highlighted the summary, analysis and iterations of the 1780-1781 Virginia Campaign and culminating Siege of Yorktown from 1781.

Activities include a parade, concert and fireworks display. 1781 Yorktown before the Siege, Sept. 6 and 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Yorktown Battlefield and Main Street.

On December 6, 1861, a special dispatch from Stanford, Kentucky to the Louisville Daily Journal warned that a sizeable ...

The three-day-long siege of the Fort Kochi-Alappuzha State highway at Kannamaly in Ernakulam, Kerala, to protest against the worsening sea incursion was called off by Wednesday afternoon following ...

In 1942, as the Japanese and the Americans returned from battle, a set of Japanese planes mistakenly tried to land on the USS ...