Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Duquesne University professor and former U.S. Army officer Holly Mayer detailed the Second Continental Congress' actions in establishing the ...

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, the representatives of the Second Continental Congress agreed: “Resolved, that six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland ...

The Army celebrates its birthday in recognition of when the Second Continental Congress, sitting in Philadelphia, adopted the New England Militia as the “Continental Army” on June 14, 1775 – one year ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Duquesne University professor and former U.S. Army officer Holly Mayer provided introductory remarks for her lecture about the creation of the ...

This weekend marks the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. It seems unlikely we would have much to celebrate on Saturday if, right after creating an army, the Second Continental Congress had not also ...