Just days after being commissioned as the commander in chief of the Continental Army in June 1775, George Washington arrived in Wallingford. On June 29, 1775, Washington stood under the shade of a ...

Military leaders, veterans, and civic voices gather at Mount Vernon to mark Army’s 250th and launch a campaign urging ...

Flag Day is ... the day that the Continental Congress decided what the official American flag would look like: June 14, 1777. “According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned ...

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be ...

The parade marks the 250th anniversary of when the Continental Congress voted to create the Continental Army. It also happens ...