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OCT 15th - KOŚCIUSZKO REMEMBERANCE DAY! 🏅
#Oct15th #KosciuszkoMemorialDay #GeneralKosciuszko #ThaddeusKosciuszko #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #PolishAmerican #HeritageMonth #KosciuszkoDay #RevolutionaryWar #Hero
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko 1746 - 1817 Hero of America and Poland
OCT 11th - GENERAL PULASKI MEMORIAL DAY! 🎖️
#Oct11th #PulaskiMemorialDay #GeneralPulaski #KazimierzPułaski #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #America #PolishAmerican #HeritageMonth #CasimirPulaski #PulaskiDay #RevolutionaryWar
Casimir Pulaski: The Polish Hero of the American Revolution
3 American Revolutionary War Poems by Michael Ceraolo
The Only One (2)
Robert Morris signed three
Richard Henry Lee signed three
Peyton Randolph signed three,
and a few others signed three
And more than a dozen others
signed two of the founding documents.
I am the only one who signed all four:
the Declaration of Independence,
the Articles of Confederation,
the Constitution of the United States,
and the least known of the four,
the Continental Association,
which
is what I want to talk about now.
Twelve colonies came together
in the First Continental Congress
(Georgia was the lone exception).
We abolished the slave trade
(it was pushed back farther later),
but our primary goal was trifold:
non-importation
non-consumption
and non-exportation,
all with different start times,
with the goal,
getting the British
to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
We came together October 20,
seventeen seventy-four,
twelve colonies
thinking and acting as one.
Georgia would soon join us,
and pretty soon after all the colonies
would have set up committees
to enforce the agreements
~~
On-the-Job Training
I was a bookseller in Boston,
first for others and then for myself,
which
left me a great deal of time to read.
And I read
and read
everything,
but military history the most.
When I met General Washington,
he named me chief of artillery,
which was fine except we didn't have any.
But I knew where I could get some:
Fort Ticonderoga.
And so I and others set out from Boston
in late seventeen seventy-five
to the fort, where we found about
sixty tons of artillery.
Sixty tons!
Now all we had to do
was move it a few hundred miles.
It was impossible, we were told,
but we would attempt it anyway.
First, we managed to cross Lake George
before it was fully frozen.
Then we crossed and re-crossed the Hudson,
all the while fighting sleet and snow.
And then finally came the Berkshire mountains
We went up and then down them
in the middle of winter,
finally reaching the outskirts of Boston.
A few months after we left Fort Ticonderoga
and set up on Dorchester Heights,
all sixty tons pointing at the British.
When they saw we had artillery,
they didn't wish to fight, and in fact
started evacuating the city.
And I would stay with General Washington,
almost without exception,
for the duration of the war
~~
The Unknown Patriot(s)
I (or we) had many instances of greatness,
including,
possibly,
one involving
the American-born wife of General Gage
(the debate about that instance
is still not settled,
and
probably never will be).
But,
there are too many other instances
where the British position was disarmed
(or worse),
and
it is,
at this late date,
impossible
to ascertain the responsible parties.
And
I (or we) wouldn't have it any other way
Copyright © 2026 Michael Ceraolo
All Rights Reserved
https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/3766/ A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers found a rare 1776 US Declaration of Independence copy; it is one of 11 surviving Exeter printings and the only one outside the US #1776ExeterPrinting #America250Project #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #CaptainThomasFitzherbert #ExeterDeclarations #MichaelScurr #RareHistoricalDocuments #RoyalNavy #TheNationalArchivesLondon #USNavy #USDeclarationOfIndependence
Tom Poland: Remembering sacks, wagons, Indians and leather | Columns
I visited the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina in Pendleton a few weeks back. If you’re…
#Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #americanrevolutionarywar #electricity #georgia(u.s.state) #gunpowder #joshjohnson(quarterback) #Museum #one-roomschool #patriot(americanrevolution) #powderhorn #tanning(leather)
https://www.europesays.com/poland/26797/
The American Revolutionary War: How the Thirteen Colonies Defeated the British Empire
The American Revolutionary War ran from Lexington in 1775 to the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Here is how thirteen colonies took on and beat the British Empire.
#AmericanRevolutionaryWar #GeorgeWashington #ContinentalArmy #ThirteenColonies
https://bookofworldhistory.com/blog/american-revolutionary-war-thirteen-colonies-british-empire
Nathan Hale: The Young Schoolteacher Who Became America's Most Famous Spy
Nathan Hale was a failed spy hanged at 21 in 1776. Here's the true story behind America's most famous execution, and the last words he may never have said.
#NathanHale #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #BenjaminTallmadge #KnowltonSRangers
https://bookofworldhistory.com/blog/nathan-hale-schoolteacher-americas-most-famous-spy
Tom Poland: A disastrous Revolutionary War battle | Columns
Old battlefields seem more like parks. Trying to imagine cannons and the cries of the wounded? Difficult, but…
#Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #americanrevolutionarywar #battleofcamden #battles #bayonet #conflicts #continentalarmy #dragoon #horatiogates #johanndekalb #Military #militaryoperations #nathanaelgreene #patriot(americanrevolution) #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/poland/24181/
Today in History: September 3, Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War | Today in History
Today is Thursday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2026. There are 119 days left in the year.…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Paris #americanrevolutionarywar #internationalrelations #lifestyles #todayinhistory #treatyofparis(1783) #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #Walmart
https://www.europesays.com/france/73498/
Fort Wayne named for the fort built where the St. Joseph & St. Mary’s rivers come together to form the Maumee that was established in 1794 by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) known as 'Mad Anthony' a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Washington’s most terrifying general was shot in the head and refused to leave the battle. https://youtu.be/cwCK_2ebMLM?si=zay6xXXqEiHvScJi
#Hoosier #FortWayne #Indiana #SummitCity #MadAnthony #AnthonyWayne #OldFort #History #AmericanRevolutionaryWar
3 Poems About the American Revolutionary War by Michael Ceraolo
The Other (and older) Adams#AmericanRevolutionaryWar #statesmanship #war
I wasn't in fights
as far as war goes.
My forte was organization,
going as far back as the Stamp Act.
I was for independence,
though
I didn't speak of it right away,
I had to bide my time.
And, again, after the Massacre,
I still wasn't ready
to call for independence,
though,
while controlling the mob to a point,
at the same time, I worked behind the scenes
to temper the mob's frenzy.
I selected my cousin, John,
to act as lead attorney for the accused,
and
he handled the matter brilliantly,
winning acquittals for six of the defendants
and manslaughter instead of murder
for the other two defendants.
And
when the call for the Continental Congress came,
I was elected a representative for Massachusetts
and could finally call for independence,
though
I was alone in doing so.
And,
from then on,
I watched
as one by one, everyone joined me
And yet today
I am little known by the public.
And
I think I know why,
although it's difficult to believe
~~
Finding Myself
I had failed many times in England,
mostly under my given name Pain,
so
I added an e at the end of it
and moved to America,
where I found my true calling:
pamphleteering,
first
writing Common Sense in late
seventeen seventy-five
and The Crisis beginning
in seventeen seventy-six.
I'm proud of having written them,
for indeed, those were times that tried men's souls,
but somehow we managed to make it through.
Later, after our revolution,
I went to France and participated in theirs,
at first thinking it an extension of ours.
But I was wrong about that,
and I still shudder at how close I came
to the ultimate extinction.
That's all I'll have to say about the matter
even over two hundred years later.
But I think I'll close with something
I first wrote about in Common Sense,
something truer now than it was then:
"the elected might never form themselves
an interest separate from the electors"
~~
The Only One
I was almost as old as Ben Franklin!
But, seriously though,
I was a part of the British establishment,
more a part of it than Ben was,
starting back in seventeen thirty-three
as a delegate to Connecticut's Assembly,
and ending up as governor
in seventeen sixty-nine.
Upon
receiving Gage's request for assistance
after Lexington and Concord,
I refused;
in fact actually
commissioning new officers soon after,
including Nathan Hale.
I cast my lot with the Patriots,
not with the British as expected.
I held many other posts
during the Revolution,
along with continuing the governorship,
maintaining that vital post
until seventeen eighty-three,
dying a short time afterward.
But I remain most proud
of our being known as the Provision State,
supplying a majority of the
Continental Army and its needs.
Copyright © 2026 Michael Ceraolo
All Rights Reserved
"Waoh but we beat the British with our American spunk!!!!"
"Waoh but we beat the British with our American spunk!!!!"
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2099613/waoh-but-we-beat-the-british-with-our-american-spunk
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment ✧
The Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment was organized in June 1776 as a light infantry unit of riflemen in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The regiment consisted of nine companies – four from Maryland and five from Virginia – a...
#maryland #virginiarifleregiment #continentalarmy #virginia #americanrevolutionarywar #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_and_Virginia_Rifle_Regiment
Yankee Doodle, keep it up! Yankee Doodle dandy!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1897106/yankee-doodle-keep-it-up-yankee-doodle-dandy
UKRAINE LIGHTING THE TORCH OF DEMOCRACY!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1895882/ukraine-lighting-the-torch-of-democracy
Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1787940/loyalists-during-the-american-revolutionary-war
Fetch me my powdered wig, I must join the Revolutionary War!
On the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington, led a column of his troops from today's Bucks County, Pennsylvania across the icy Delaware River to today's Mercer County, New Jersey to engage and defeat the Hessian troops encamped in Trenton under the command of Johann Rall.
#Liberty #NoKings #BattleOfTrenton #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #GeorgeWashingon #DelawareRiver
Birth of the US Marine Corps
Birth of the US Marine Corps
Remember the tariffs (taxes) that brewed a revolution? I stand firm against new tariffs by not passing taxes on to my readers, and by ensuring that all my books are MADE IN THE USA. Please support my Patriot efforts by purchasing my books for yourself or as gifts. Spread the word! #NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #RivetsAndRevolution #MA250 #Mass250 #Massachusetts250 #Minuteman #Patriot #Patriotic #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #AmericanRevolution #BostonTeaParty #Tariffs #Tariffs2025
#JohnPaulJones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born naval officer who served in the #ContinentalNavy during the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar. Often referred to as the "Fath
Starting a new series of #shorts and short #documentaries on #Appalachia in the #American #Revolution leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The first short: Drummers in the American Revolution.
#AmericanRevolution #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #americanrevolution250 #Appalachians #Drummers #documentary #history
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ George Washington ✧
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Born in Virginia, he opposed the perceived oppression of the American colonists by the British Crown and was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After...
#UnitedStates #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #ContinentalArmy #DelawareRiver #ConstitutionalConvention #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Thomas Jefferson ✧
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Following the American Revolut...
#UnitedStates #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #UnitedStatesDepartment #BEP #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ Boot Monument ✧
The Boot Monument is an American Revolutionary War memorial located in Saratoga National Historical Park in the state of New York. Sculpted by George Edwin Bissell and erected during 1887 by John Watts de Peyster, it commemorates Major General Benedict Arnold's service at the Battles of Saratoga while in the Continental...
#AmericanRevolutionaryWar #BootMonument #ContinentalArmy #Saratoga #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Monument
Washington Crossing Reenactment
8 December 2024 Early winter mornings in the Delaware River Valley can be cold and crisp. This year, I finally attended the First Crossing reenactment at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania. It’s an event I’d wanted to experience for years but never made the time for. After living in this part of New Jersey for 25 years, I felt a pang of embarrassment that I’d never attended anything like it. This year, I was determined to change that. But as I stood near the Delaware […]https://islandinthenet.com/washington-crossing-the-reenactment/
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ George Washington ✧
George Washington is a 1780 oil-on-canvas painting by John Trumbull, depicting George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and later the first president of the United States, standing on a bluff above the Hudson River. His enslaved personal servant, William "Billy"...
#UnitedStates #ContinentalArmy #HudsonRiver #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #Washington #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_(Trumbull)
Good Morning #Canada
May 17th, 1775, the American Continental Congress bans all trade with Canada. As the U.S. fought for independence from England, Canada became a target of Revolutionary forces who thought that British colonies in Canada would rise up and join the revolution. Canadian colonies had significant French loyalists who refused to fight and likely saved us from becoming part of the American republic.
#CanadaIsAwesome #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #History
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/american-revolution
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ Adamson Tannehill ✧
Adamson Tannehill (1750–1820) was an American military officer, politician, civic leader, and farmer. Born in Maryland, Tannehill was among the first to join the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, becoming commander of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment...
#AmericanRevolutionaryWar #VirginiaRifleRegiment #UnitedStatesVolunteers #ContinentalArmy #Maryland #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson_Tannehill
#genealogy book recommendation for those interested in what life was like during the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar "Dear Abigail: The Intimate and Revoultionary Ideas of Abigail Adans and her two Remarkable Sisters" by Diane Jacobs 2014. Reads like a novel. Exquisite. #bookstodon @genealogy
TIL about #EvacuationDay in #NewYorkCity which commemorates the evacuation of the last British troops and loyalists from Manhattan on November 25th, 1783 to #NovaScotia , #Florida , #Caribbean colonies , and #London.
The #BlackBrigade of 3,000+ freed slaves from American colonies were also evacuated, in violation of the #Paris peace treaty that ended the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar. C’est dommage! 🤷🏻♂️
Happy 4th of July to my American friends who celebrate. Two g..uncles of mine emigrated from Hawick in Scotland to America and fought for American independence against the British. I need to look more into their history ... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ScottishHistory #Hawick #ScottishBorders #Scotland #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #USA #America #AmericanRevolution
Locke Cemetery, Chichester, #NH
A lone marker of Elijah Locke, Rev War
#tombstone #graveyard #cemetery #cemeteries #gravestone #taphophile #taphophilia #AmericanRevWar #AmericanRevolutionaryWar
This house is part of the Rhea-Applegate Farmstead. The house is one of three houses still standing that were on the battlefield during the Battle of Monmouth in the American Revolutionary War, fought on June 28, 1778.
The farmstead is located in Monmouth Battlefield State Park, in Manalapan, NJ.
#history #historical #MonmouthBattlefield #Manalapan #NewJersey #AmericanRevolution #AmericanRevolutionaryWar #photo #photos #photography #Digitalphotography #AltText
It's been suggested that the Fly (Rigging) System in the #OlympicTheatre was made from the Masts of the #French Warship ‘Ville de Paris’ (1764). The 104 gun Flagship was captured by the #British Fleet during the 1782 ‘Battle of the Saintes’ #AmericanRevolutionaryWar
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
Here's a #washwatercolour drawing by #18thcentury #disabled #Cumberland amateur artist, Christopher Machell (1747-1827), showing #ThorntonAbbey gatehouse in #Lincolnshire c.1785.
Machell lost an arm at the Battle of #BunkerHill near #Boston in 1775 during the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar. On many of his drawings you can see the pinholes used to secure the paper to a board so that he could work with one arm on the drawing.