Celebrate the Army's 250th birthday on June 14! Since its official establishment, June 14, 1775 — more than a year before the Declaration of Independence — the U.S. Army has played a...

Mar 26, 2025 · On 14 June 1775, Congress passed an act creating a “Corps of Riflemen” to act as skirmishers and light infantry to scout and screen in front of the main army in the field. The next day, the...

The Congress took the next step that eventually transformed a local rebellion into a war for independence when it established the Continental Army: the force we know today as the U.S. Army. On...

Jun 3, 2024 · The Continental Army would have seven birthdays after its foundational June 14, 1775, congressional resolution. Washington had ideas to develop the new U.S. Army further, but they were...

Jun 12, 2024 · On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress authorizes the enlistment of expert riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year.

Mar 13, 2025 · On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, marking the beginning of what would become the United States Army. This formation occurred during a difficult ...

5 days ago · On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress took a dramatic step toward national independence with the creation of the Continental Army. The nascent force was to be comprised of militia forces from across the Eastern Seaboard, now represented under one banner and thus becoming America’s first national institution, preceding the ...

14 June 1775 : The Continental Congress votes to raise ten companies of riflemen in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. This was the effective birth of the United States Army. 15 June 1775 :...

Established by Congress on 14 June 1775, the Continental Army became the first truly national institution and an experiment in nationhood. Led by Gen. George Washington, the Continental Army and the states’ citizen-soldiers won the war of independence after eight long years of fighting. Later, the United States faced the British again in the ...

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia after the war's outbreak at the Battles of Lexington and Concord on ...