Attributed to artist Pierre Eugène du Simitiére, the drawing depicts the Continental Army’s North Carolina Brigade marching through Philadelphia on August 25, 1777. Museum of the American ...

By May 10, just weeks after hostilities began in Massachusetts, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. On the agenda: creating a common army to defend the colonies. A month ...

However, as the war intensified, it became clear that an organized, centralized army was necessary to challenge the British. In response, the Second Continental Congress established the ...

The United States Army celebrates its 248th birthday Wednesday, commemorating its June 14, 1775, inception. The oldest of the six military branches was founded as the Continental Army amid the ...