The Unsung Heroes of 1775
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In 1775 and today, an elusive American unity - The Boston Globe
Being a Virginian made George Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone, and that fighting for self-determination resonated beyond New England.
Rise, Lofty Column: Joseph Warren and the Battle for Liberty
On the morning of June 17, 1775, a physician in his mid-thirties stood near a rough earthen redoubt overlooking the Charlestown Peninsula. He had no command, no formal post on the field, and no obligation to be there at all. But as the smoke from ...
The unsung heroes of 1775
KITTANNING — In April 1775, William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the Continental Army of a rifle battalion in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment. The men who served with him were German, Irish, and Scottish settlers. They were fiercely independent frontiersmen, farmers, and artisans who had settled in the wilds near the forks of the Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Thompson was …
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