Battle of New Orleans.

Sunday, July 11, 2021

July Happenings in the American Revolution

From the American Battlefield Trust July 2021 calendar.  The Trust now saves acres in not just Civil War battlefields as it once did, but also battlefield from the American Revolution and War of 1812, since these two wars were both fought on U.S. soil.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

JULY 3, 1775

George Washington assumes command of the Continental Army outside of Boston.

JULY 5, 1775

Congress approves the Olive Branch Petition, a final attempt to avoid war with Britain.

JULY 4, 1776

Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.  However it wasn't signed this day.

JULY 5, 1777

British capture Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

--Brock-Perry


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