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How the U.S. Army was born - and a free nation realized
On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...
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George Washington Was Almost Kidnapped by the British. A Surprising Twist Saved Him
When the Continental Army formed 250 years ago at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, George Washington was appointed its ...
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The ‘Midnight Ride’ Of William Dawes, The American Revolutionary Who Rode Alongside Paul Revere
On the night of April 18, 1775, a rider set out from Boston on the eve of the American Revolution to warn colonists across ...
A legendary Irish barman saved Philly’s most famous Revolutionary flag from smoke and flames
There are antiques in there that can’t be replaced by money or God.” “The castle is on fire!” the three women said as they ...
‘Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes’: Bunker Hill remembered in Boston
National Park Service and schoolchildren reenact key moments from the iconic Revolutionary War battle in Charlestown ...
History Today: How US Army was founded 250 years ago
On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress, the governing body of the 13 American colonies and later the United States, ...