On this day 250 years ago at Samuel Getty’s Tavern in western York (but now Adams) County, Pennsylvania, men of the Marsh Creek settlement enlisted in Captain Michael Doudel’s company of riflemen. They would march from that location on July 1, 1775 to join the Continental Army at Boston and join the fight for American liberty. Exactly 88 years later the Confederate Army would sweep past Getty’s Tavern in the greatest threat to American liberty since the Revolution. Today, June 24, 2025 at 11:00 am the people of Gettysburg will commemorate the men who marched off to defend American liberty 250 years ago.

Sources: https://www.achs-pa.org/event/the-road-to-revolution-250th-anniversary-gathering-at-gettys-tavern/; https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=105372; https://www.facebook.com/dobbinhousetavern/photos/250th-revolutionary-war-lecture-at-the-dobbin-houseon-june-24-1775-several-men-m/1161007156069415/; https://pamarkers.blogspot.com/2023/11/gettys-crossroads-and-tavern-gettysburg.html

On this day 250 years ago in Williamsburg, Virginia, several young Patriots led by future US Congressman Theodorick Bland, and including future President James Monroe, George Nicholas and Benjamin Harrison VI raided the Governor’s Palace and seized more than 200 muskets and pistols and 300 swords. They then distributed the weapons from the Powder Magazine to any militia who needed arms. Bland, Monroe and Nicholas would soon become officers in the Continental Army and Harrison served as Deputy Paymaster General of the Army.

Sources: Selby, John E., The Revolution in Virginia 1775-1783, Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1998 at p. 46; https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/discover/moments-in-history/road-to-independence/dunmores-flight-and-the-seizure-of-the-governors-palace/

On this day 250 years ago in New Jersey, George Washington arrived in New Brunswick as he travels north to take command of the Continental Army besieging Boston. The same day, the Committee of Observation of Burlington County meets in Mansfield Township to organize the Revolution at the local level.

Sources: https://kevinsrevolutionarywarchronology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bc087-newjerseyamericanrevolutionchronologydennisryan.pdf; https://www.njssar.org/nj250

On this day 250 years ago in London the Admiralty wrote to Admiral Graves authorizing him to impress Americans against their will to man Royal Navy ships.

Source: https://daybydayamerica.com/day-by-day/year-1775/june-24-1775/