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

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." Thomas Jefferson

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