On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia the Continental Congress resolved
That five ships of thirty-two guns, five of twenty-eight guns, three of twenty-four guns, making in the whole thirteen, can be fitted for the sea probably by the last of March next, viz. in New Hampshire one, in Massachusetts bay two, in Rhode Island two, in Connecticut one, in New York two, in Pennsylvania four, and in Maryland one.
Source: https://americanfounding.org/entries/second-continental-congress-december-13-1775/
On this day 250 years ago, Virginia and North Carolina advanced from Great Bridge to occupy Norfolk after Governor Dunmore, his troops and Loyalists sailed away from the city.
On This Day In The Revolution 