July 3 in American History
George Washington formally took command of the newly formed Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, under an elm tree by tradition. He inherited a ragtag collection of militia besieging Boston and had to forge them into an army capable of beating the world's greatest military. The long, improbable road to independence had its commander.
In 1775: Washington takes command of the Continental Army. George Washington formally took command of the newly formed Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, under an elm tree by tradition.
George Washington formally took command of the newly formed Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, under an elm tree by tradition. He inherited a ragtag collection of militia besieging Boston and had to forge them into an army capable of beating the world's greatest military. The long, improbable road to independence had its commander.
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