The war is over!
Signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified by Congress on January 14, 1784, the Treaty of Paris formally ended the Revolutionary War and established the United States...
There’s no doubt; they are redoubts
This aerial photograph, taken on October 31, 1953, shows a section of the York River bank at Yorktown, Virginia. Yorktown was the scene of the decisive victory by...
Thomas Burlew was there
This card contains information from a company muster roll (military personnel list) dated August 6, 1778. It documents Thomas Burlew's service with Captain Elias...
Treaty of Alliance with France
This treaty formalized France’s financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America. As part of the alliance between “the most Christian...
Treaty of Paris
Soon after the completion of the preliminary treaty of peace, the British government fell and a new round of negotiations started. John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, John...
Two if by sea from Major Lee
In this letter dated 25 August 1779, General George Washington forwarded a letter from Major General Anthony Wayne to Samuel Huntington, President of Congress....
Uncompensated service
Noted fraktur artist Frederich Krebs created this record of Revolutionary War veteran Ebenezer Sumner’s birth and baptism. Sumner served one year as a private in...