On this day 250 years ago in Massachusetts, General George Washington entered Boston to inspect the condition of the city. Washington was immune to the smallpox so he entered the city with few staff and guards as the rest had not yet contracted the disease. He joined the initial contingent of 500 men under Maj. Gen. Ward who had marched in the previous day. The British Army and Navy were anchored in Nantasket Roads four miles south of the city.

Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtA00TtUMAM; https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/boston-siege; https://revolutionarywar.us/year-1775/siege-of-boston/

Also on this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress

Resolved, That Monsieur Arundel be directed to repair to the southern department, and put himself under the command of General Lee; and that General Lee, if he find him capable, be directed to employ him in the artillery service.

Monsieur Arundel was Captain Louis d’O’hickey Arundel, a volunteer originally Alsace, France who had recently arrived in America from St. Domingue in the West Indies. He had been commissioned as an officer in the Continental Army in the prior month because of his service as Lieutenant of Artillery with the French Army. Arundel’s service in the Continental Army would be short, as he would tragically die in an accident in combat less than four months later.

Sources: https://archive.org/details/us_congress_continental/lljc004/page/210/mode/2up; https://allthingsliberty.com/2025/02/cricket-hill-and-gwynns-island-captain-arundels-only-fight/