Saturday, July 19, 2025

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American Revolutionary War History

1776 - Congress decided to produce a handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence to bear all the delegates' signatures.

1779 - Massachusetts launched a 4,000-man naval expedition commanded by Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, Adjutant General Peleg Wadsworth, Brigadier General Solomon Lovell and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Revere. The expedition had the objective of capturing a British garrison at Castine on the Penobscot Peninsula. This was done without consulting either Continental political or military authorities.


Revolutionary War Quote

"Information is the currency of democracy." Thomas Jefferson

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