On this day 250 years ago at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Captain Thomas Marshall of the Fauquier County Independent Company dined (i.e., had lunch because dinner was the mid-day meal then) with George Washington and formally offered Washington command of the Fauquier Company. That evening William Grayson lodged with Washington and presumably discussed the Prince William County Independent Company. Grayson was the captain of the Prince William Company, which had also asked Washington to take command.
Source: “[Diary entry: 21 February 1775],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0005-0003-0020. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 309.]; https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/revolutionary-war/250-years-ago-day
Also on this day, in Philadelphia, William Milnor wrote to Washington to confirm that he had ordered sashes, “Gorgets, Shoulder Knots &c” for the uniforms of the officers of the Prince William Company, “The Books Containing the Mannual Exercise &c.” for the Fairfax Company, and “One hundred Stand . . . of Musquets”.
Source: “To George Washington from William Milnor, 21 February 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-10-02-0202. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 10, 21 March 1774 – 15 June 1775, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 270–271.]
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3 responses to “On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — February 21, 1775”
I was nearly grown before I learned that others around the country didn’t refer to the 3 meals of the day as breakfast, dinner, and supper.
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Hi Ron,
My grandparents referred to lunch as dinner more often than not, but I thought of it as a reference to the biggest meal of the day. That was often mid-day for them but except for holidays (clearest examples were Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter dinners), my immediate family had the biggest meal in the evening when Dad got home from work.
Kevin
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I think it must have changed during my generation and perhaps my parents and your grandfather’s gen. After all (as my wife says), “Why did they have ‘lunch boxes’ [when we were growing up].” She said they also referred to the 3 meals as breakfast, dinner, and supper.
Your description of the holidays also fits which makes me believe the biggest meal must have been dinner regardless of what time “dinner” was served.
Sometimes we can learn from a net search for the history or etymology. This time it seems I’m learning more from your history records and our personal experiences. The only thing the net revealed is that the use of breakfast, dinner, supper seems common in south.
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