As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... He escaped and again rejoined the army. In October 1781, as Patriot and French ground forces and the French fleet surrounded Cornwallis ...
Lafayette arrived by boat to cannon and musket fire. He might have been the most famous person in America. Beaufort recreating historic visit ...
Three years of war and hundreds of thousands of dead on both the Ukrainian and Russian sides have pushed the French army into rethinking its military strategy. The high-intensity conflict ...
Marquis de Lafayette’s story echoes through the Roanoke Valley with a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his farewell tour.
Revolutionary ... awaited French reinforcements. Originally built around 1770 as the home of Theunis and Hester Dey, the mansion became a key base of operations for the Continental Army during ...
A 1781 French engraving of Capt. John Paul Jones, American naval hero of the Revolutionary War. (AP) Oct. 18 at 6:17 a.m. American officers have parlayed their military experience into financial ...