Washington takes command of the Continental Army
1775 · Event
Under an elm on Cambridge common, a Virginia planter who has never commanded more than a regiment takes charge of the New England militiamen besieging Boston. George Washington will hold the Continental Army — and with it the Revolution — together for eight and a half years.
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