Alamy (3) Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the patriots’ gunpowder stores. When he learned the total ...
By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...
On December 3, 1775, the flag of the 13 original Colonies is ... is adopted by the young Continental Army less than a month later, amid rising tensions between Colonists and Great Britain.