By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityOn June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, marking the ...
March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...
Well, that didn’t take long. A letter George Washington wrote in Morristown while commanding the Continental Army sold for $150,000 within days of going on the market, according to the seller.
5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with ...
On the morning of March 10, 1783, an anonymous letter began circulating through the military camp in Newburgh, New York, ...
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At a Bold Meeting 250 Years Ago, the Continental Congress Set America in MotionI feel myself unequal to this business” confessed John Adams, of the “grand scene open before me—a Congress.” In the fall of ...
The Congress acted as a makeshift central government, creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...
In honor of Women's History Month, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie Historical Park highlighted three heroic women from South ...
The Museum of the American Revolution recently loaned “Brave Men as Ever Fought,” a portrait commemorating the First Rhode ...
Evacuation Day is celebrated on March 17 and commemorates when, in 1776, George Washington and the Continental Army drove the British forces out of Boston, ending the 11-month siege that Britain ...
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