250 Years Ago Today
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We remember events of the American Revolution and other events around the world, as they happened 250 years ago.
The correct name for a 250th Anniversary is Sestercentennial. People are starting to use the term Semiquincentennial, which means half 500th anniversary. That seems odd to me. We didn't call the 150th the semitricentennial. We called it the sesquicentennial. #Sestercentennial
July 5, 1775: Second Continental Congress sends the Olive Branch Petition to the King, hoping to end hostilities. player.fm/series/america… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 23, 1775: William Henry Drayton travels to Fort Ninety-six in the SC backcountry. He organizes militia to start arresting loyalists. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 21, 1775: Benjamin Franklin proposes the adoption of Articles of Confederation to regulate the Continental Congress. player.fm/series/america… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 10, 1775: Gen. Horatio Gates issues instructions for recruiting Continental soldiers. player.fm/series/america… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 9, 1775: George Washington holds his first Council of War. Officers agree to recruit reinforcements and not to occupy Dorchester Heights. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 8, 1775: Continental soldiers attack Boston Neck, destroying several houses where British General Burgoyne and Continental General Lee had planned to meet. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 7, 1775 John Adams writes to Abigail regarding the burning of Charlestown: Cities may be rebuilt...But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 6, 1775: Congress releases the "Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms". player.fm/series/america… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
July 3, 1775: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/was… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
June 25, 1775: Continental Congress appoints General Philip Schuyler to be commander of the northern department of the army in New York. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
June 22, 1775: Georgia forms a Committee of Safety, committed to governing the colony in rebellion to British authority. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
June 17, 1775: American forces force the British army to pay a heavy price to take Bunker Hill. It will prove to be the bloodiest day of the war for British Regulars. blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/10/episod… #sestercentennial #history #OnThisDay
June 12, 1775: Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts, offering amnesty to anyone (except Samuel Adams and John Hancock) who lays down their arms and swears loyalty to the crown. #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
June 11-12, 1775: The people of Machias (in modern day Maine) show the British navy that they will not submit to tyranny. traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8719047376… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
June 8, 1775, VA Royal Gov. Lord Dunmore, hunted by patriots and shot in the leg, takes refuge on a British navy ship. He will never set foot on Virginia soil again. blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/11/episod… #Sestercentennial #history #OnThisDay
June 6, 1775: The Sons of Liberty, headed by Marinus Willett stop a troop of British regulars leaving NYC for Boston. The patriots seize wagonloads of arms and convince a few regulars to desert and join their cause. traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5878026043… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay.
May 31, 1775: Mecklenburg, NC approves a series of resolutions, which many argue is the first Declaration of Independence in America. blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/11/episod… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
May 29, 1775: The Second Continental Congress calls on Quebec to join the Revolution. traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9047219141… #sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
May 27, 1775: After a British Navy ship gets stuck in the mud, American militia try to storm the ship by wading out into the water with muskets in the battle of Chelsea Creek. traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4429052666… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay
May 25, 1775: The British navy ship Cerberus arrives in Boston, carrying reinforcements for the regulars. On the ship are three new generals: William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne. blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/09/episod… #Sestercentennial #History #OnThisDay