The Army Just Turned 242. Here’s How Far It’s Come, and Where It’s Going.
Thomas Spoehr / June 13, 2017
Few American institutions pre-date the founding of our country. Yet on Wednesday, we celebrate the birthday of one of them—the U.S. Army.
Tracing its birth to June 14, 1775, the Army originates from an act passed by the Continental Congress authorizing ten companies of “expert riflemen” to join state militias gathered outside Boston.
President George Washington’s appointment as the Army’s commander-in-chief came the following day.
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