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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