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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms.” This Declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson and revised by John Dickinson and laid out the reasons for America taking up arms in rebellion against British rule of the colonies: The legislature…
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress issued “the Olive Branch Petition” to the King, in a last-ditch effort to reconcile with Britain before further bloodshed. The King would ignore the petition when he received it. Source: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/olive-branch-petition On this day 250 years ago in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Col. Thomas Gardner was…
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On this day 250 years ago in Savannah, the Second Provincial Congress of Georgia convened at Tondee’s Long Room. Over the next two weeks the Congress effectively created the first independent government of Georgia, naming a Council of Safety and a “Parochial Committee” to act when the Provincial Congress was in recess. Mordecai Sheftall, a…
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On this day 250 years ago, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington took command of the New England Army of Observation which then became the Continental Army. General Washington and General Charles Lee reviewed a parade of their new troops that included “one & twenty Drummers & as many feffors a Beting and Playing Round…
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On this day 250 years ago, General George Washington and his party arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He would take command of the Army besieging Boston the next day. Sources: https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/george-washington-arrives-cambridge-take-command/; http://daybyday.gwpapers.org/content/02-july-1775
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On this day 250 years ago at Martinborough (now Greenville), North Carolina, the Pitt County Committee of Safety produced a set of resolves that pledged to follow the directives of the Continental Congress, to “assert their rights as men”, and to resist “the several arbitrary Illegale acts of Parliament.” https://lincolnherald.com/story/250th-anniversary-of-the-first-provincial-congress-the-committees-of-safety; https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2025/06/25/guest-opinion-carolina-congressmen-tell-off-constituents/
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On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Assembly created a 25-person Committee of Safety headed by Benjamin Franklin to assume the Governor’s duties to protect the safety of the colony, in particular the duty to call out and command the militia. The people of Pennsylvania no longer trusted Governor John Penn, who…
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On this day 250 years ago, Generals George Washington and Charles Lee and their staffs departed New Haven, Connecticut and were escorted out of town by Connecticut militia and a brigade of 100 student militia from Yale College that included 16-year old fifer Noah Webster (whose Dictionary and Speller would in the 19th Century help…
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On this day 250 years ago in New York City, Scottish immigrant Alexander MacDougall was commissioned as Colonel of the 1st New York Regiment and began organizing his regiment. The captain of the Regiment’s 1st Company was Frederick von Weissenfels, who was an immigrant from Prussia. Marinus Willet was named Captain of the 2nd Company.…
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On this day 250 years ago in New Rochelle, New York, Major General Philip Schuyler left General Washington’s party to head to return to New York City to command the Continental Army troops in New York. Generals Washington, Lee and their staff proceeded to Massachusetts to join the Continental Army besieging Boston. Source: http://daybyday.gwpapers.org/content/27-june-1775 On…
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