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Coming up on February 5, 2022, will be an anniversary that few people are aware of. It was on February 5,1777, that George Washington made a strategic decision that many [...]

The first president and 'Father of the Nation' of the United States of America, George Washington, is a seminal figure in American history. His reputation was forged in the fire [...]

History quite often hinges on 'ifs.' If the Continental Army and militia troops had not defeated the British and their allied German troops under Gen. John Burgoyne at the Second [...]

Patriots in Revolutionary America were finally feeling optimistic in January 1779. They had not forgotten the summer three years before when the British outmanned, outfought, and overwhelmed the Continental Army [...]

By the time Alexander Hamilton enrolled as a student at King's College (present-day Columbia University) in the fall of 1773, a revolutionary movement was sweeping through the Colonies. Hamilton joined [...]

This is the home of (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003675470/?loclr=bloglaw) Continental Army General Horatio Gates, which is located in downtown York, (https://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/states/us-pa.php?loclr=bloglaw) Pennsylvania. The structure to the left is a (https://www.loc.gov/item/pa1016/?loclr=bloglaw) colonial-era tavern. The [...]

Trump inserting himself into the military system of justice exposes how little he understands about armed forces culture. The furor ignited by President Trump's decision last week to clear three [...]

When Nathanael Greene and Charles Cornwallis finally clashed at Guilford Courthouse, Cornwallis had bayonets and discipline. Greene had a surprise--and a war-winning strategy On June 2, 1791, an impressive American [...]

It would have been easy to feel sorry for young Henry Knox in 1758. With the colonial economy sinking into depression, his fathers successful shipbuilding business in Boston had begun [...]

Most Soldiers know the birthday of the U.S. Army is observed on 14 June each year, but few can explain what happened on that day in 1775. This is a [...]

In August 1773, as a local militia drilled on Boston Common, 17-year-old Lucy Flucker observed a tall, 'uncommonly good-looking officer' on horseback. The officer, Henry Knox, wore a dark silk [...]

'I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance [...]

GRIM-VISAGED Massachusetts Militia from Acton, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord and Lincoln nervously fingered loaded muskets on the muster field beyond Concord town. A dark column of smoke suddenly smudged the clear [...]

* On a winter's day nearly six years into America's War for Independence, a messenger on horseback galloped toward Richmond carrying an urgent letter foi' Virginia's governor. Ascending Shockoe Hill [...]

WE THINK WE KNOW THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. After all, the American Revolution and the war that accompanied it not only determined the nation we would become but also continue to [...]

As Federal civil servants, we swear by our oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. As each of us is aware, our Constitution establishes [...]

American Revolution. The history of the U.S. Army NCO starts in 1775 with the birth of the Continental Army. Like the Army itself, the NCO Corps did not copy the [...]

AMERICAN Soldiers are the best equipped in the world, thanks in part to the Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, an organization created three years ago to ensure that the […]

Caesar Rodney was weary when he reached his plantation near Dover on the night of July 1, 1776. An outspoken advocate of American independence. Rodney was exhausted from many months […]

The American Revolution started up north with an amazing victory when the upstart Continental Army drove the British out of the city of Boston. The Army clinched the victory by [...]