Friday, September 11, 2026

Today in
American Revolutionary War History

1776 - Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and other congressional representatives reopened negotiations with General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe on Staten Island. Negotiations ended when the British refused to accept American independence.

1777 - General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launched a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot outpost at Brandywine Creek near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The Continentals retreated and the British began occupying Philadelphia. (Battle of Brandywine)


Revolutionary War Quote

"There is nothing I have more at heart than the ease and security of every part of the Country and its inhabitants." - George Washington, letter to Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, December 19, 1778

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