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  • September 10, 2023

    The Georgia Commons House of Assembly passes a resolution creating a Committee of Correspondence. Georgia joins Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and South Carolina to establish the bodies that would soon take over effective governance of the colonies rebelling against royal authority. Source: https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/committees-of-correspondence/

  • September 10, 2023

    Hello Anyone who finds this blog: I have never blogged before but want to make a contribution to the Semiquincentennial of our Nation. WordPress does not seem to think that “Semiquincentennial” is a word and I had to look it up. I remember the celebration and commemoration of the Bicentennial well; that word was catchy…

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  • On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 24, 1776

    On this day 250 years ago, Col. Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery arrived at the Continental Army’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Or at least part of the train of 44 cannon and 16 mortars arrived in Cambridge. There are many accounts indicating that the artillery arrived in Cambridge on this day, but Knox himself…

  • On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 23, 1776

    On this day 250 years ago off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, HMS Blue Mountain Valley was captured by about 40 New Jersey Continental Army soldiers led by Colonel William Alexander (usually referred to as Lord Stirling) and 77 Elizabethtown and Essex County Militia led by Colonel Elias Dayton. The Blue Mountain Valley had been blown off…

  • On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 22, 1776

    On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress appointed Moses Hazen as Colonel in command of the Second Canadian Regiment and Edward Antill as its Lieutenant Colonel. The Congress had previously appointed James Livingston as the Colonel in command of the First Canadian Regiment. Livingston, Hazen and Antill were all Americans living…

  • On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 24, 1776

    On this day 250 years ago, Col. Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery arrived at the Continental Army’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Or at least part of the train of 44 cannon and 16 mortars arrived in Cambridge. There are many accounts indicating that the artillery arrived in Cambridge on this day, but Knox himself…

  • On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 23, 1776

    On this day 250 years ago off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, HMS Blue Mountain Valley was captured by about 40 New Jersey Continental Army soldiers led by Colonel William Alexander (usually referred to as Lord Stirling) and 77 Elizabethtown and Essex County Militia led by Colonel Elias Dayton. The Blue Mountain Valley had been blown off…

  • On this day 250 years ago in the Revolution — January 22, 1776

    On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress appointed Moses Hazen as Colonel in command of the Second Canadian Regiment and Edward Antill as its Lieutenant Colonel. The Congress had previously appointed James Livingston as the Colonel in command of the First Canadian Regiment. Livingston, Hazen and Antill were all Americans living…

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