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Since James Thomas Flexner’s 1974 Pulitzer recognition for his biography of George Washington, one of the axioms of the American founding is that the…
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Charles Lee served as second-in-command of the Continental Army, subordinate only to George Washington. Born in England, Lee was the best-educated and most widely-read…
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In early 1775, the town major of Quebec decided to pay a visit to Gen. Thomas Gage in Boston. William Dunbar had been an…
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A newly appointed colonel in the Essex County militia, Timothy Pickering led some 700 men of the Salem and Essex militia toward Boston, Massachusetts,…
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When the Continental Congress first met it was intended to bring the American colonies together to find a solution to the growing disputes with…
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Performing as a general atop an independent command is the most difficult military assignment and for which prior experience critically fosters improved strategic and…
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In the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the United States Congress ordered the Department of Defense to conduct a study aimed at wholesale overhaul…
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On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress officially announced the creation of the Continental Army, a military force representing all of the colonies…