18 OCTOBER 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY ENGAGEMENT AT SPLIT ROCK ROAD After his 11th-hour escape from Long Island, GEN George Washington moved into the Harlem Heights of Manhattan Island, which was then a backcountry plateau protected on the north and south Read More
11-12 OCTOBER 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY VALCOUR ISLAND (cont.) Arnold boldly hoisted sail on his flagship row galley CONGRESS and in company with three other row galleys and the 12-gun schooner ROYAL SAVAGE, charged at the enemy. His goading had the Read More
11-12 OCTOBER 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY VALCOUR ISLAND Upstate New York’s Lake George drains northward into Lake Champlain, and from there via the Richelieu River north again to the St. Lawrence. In the opposite direction, the headwaters of the south-flowing Hudson Read More
7-12 OCTOBER 1780 THE TEMPEST AND JOHN PAUL JONES On this date in 1780, John Paul Jones took the Continental Navy corvette ARIEL, 26, out of Groix Roads, France, and headed south. Though he would have preferred more exciting orders, he Read More
20 SEPTEMBER 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY PROVIDENCE vs. MILFORD On 10 May 1776, temporary CAPT John Paul Jones assumed command of the Continental Navy sloop PROVIDENCE, armed with twelve 4-pounders. Jones received his permanent commission on 8 August and departed the Read More
250th ANNIVERSARY 5 SEPTEMBER 1776 THE FRIGATE TRUMBULL With the sentiment of independence from Britain growing, the 1st Continental Congress in 1775 addressed the issue of seapower. Were we to declare independence (July the following year) we would need a naval force to Read More
TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 30-31 AUGUST 1776 EVACUATION OF LONG ISLAND Boston, the hotbed of colonial rebellion, became the British Army’s North American headquarters in the mid-1770s. But after GEN George Washington emplaced cannon in the Dorchester Heights overlooking that Read More
27 JULY 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY REPRISAL vs. HMS SHARK GEN George Washington had chased the British from Boston only to have them reestablish headquarters in New York. News of the conflict in America had only just reached England. At sea, Read More
9-28 JUNE 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY VICTORY AT CHARLES TOWN The British evacuation of Boston in 1775 turned their attentions to the southern American colonies. To Anglican eyes, the origin of revolution in the northern mercantile colonies left the southern agrarian colonies Read More
1 DECEMBER 1778 “COME AND TAKE IT!” The colony of Georgia was a late arrival to our Revolutionary War, her citizens needing British protection from hostile Creeks and Cherokees to their west. Nevertheless, the Continental Congress authorized the construction of forts Read More