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The U.S. Army was founded on 14 June 1775, when the Second Continental Congress authorized enlistment of expert riflemen to serve under General George Washington to fight against Britain. The Army is the oldest military force in the United States and began before the U.S. formally existed.

The Army technically has more than one birthday, as different elements of the new branch came into existence on different days. U.S. Army infantry may have been born on 14 June, 1775, but according to the Army, it’s Adjutant General’s Corps was formed two days later alongside the Army Corps of Engineers, Finance, and Quartermasters Corps. The Air Defense Artillery Corps followed in November, as did the Field Artillery Corps. New additions continued on into the modern era, and can all be found on the Army’s official birthday list page.

This is our bi-monthly board meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and we invite all members of our community to come and participate.

This is our bi-monthly board meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and we invite all members of our community to come and participate.

Independence Day celebrates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It was a formal declaration to the King of Great Britain by the 13 British colonies in America that justified the independence of the United States, listing 27 grievances against King George III and by asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution.

The Fourth of July would not be an official holiday until congress passed a law making Independence Day a federal unpaid holiday on June 28, 1870. It wouldn’t be until 1938 that the Fourth of July would be a paid federal holiday along with Christmas, New Year’s, Memorial Day, Washington’s Birthday, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving.

This is our bi-monthly board meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and we invite all members of our community to come and participate.

This is our bi-monthly board meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and we invite all members of our community to come and participate.

The first Congress authorized Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, to construct ten vessels, known as “revenue cutters,” to enforce tariff and trade laws, prevent smuggling, and protect the collection of federal revenue which provided as much as 90 percent of federal revenue. That fact is why the Coast Guard was originally called Revenue Marine or the Revenue Cutter Service until 1915. In that year, Congress combined it with the U.S. Life Saving Service and rechristened it the Coast Guard.

This is our bi-monthly board meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and we invite all members of our community to come and participate.

This is our bi-monthly board meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and we invite all members of our community to come and participate.