From the American Battlefield Trust 2023 April calendar.
APRIL 12, 1776
** The Halifax Resolves, North Carolina. The first colony to authorize its delegates to vote for independence.
APRIL 18, 1775
** Revere and Dawes warning rides from Boston, Massachusetts.
APRIL 19, 1775
** Battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
APRIL 25, 1781
** Battle of Hobkirk Hill, South Carolina
APRIL 27,1777
** Battle of Ridgefield,Conecticut.
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust calendar and timeline.
MARCH 5, 1770
** Boston Massacre
MARCH 7, 1776
** British evacuate Boston.
MARCH 23, 1775
** Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech in Richmond, Virginia.
MARCH 29, 1780
** Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, begins.
MARCH 31, 1774
Boston Port Act. Parliament closes the city's December Tea Party.
--Brock-Perry
From the 2022 American Battlefield Trust December calendar.
DECEMBER 5-7, 1776
** Battle of White Marsh, Pennsylvania
DECEMBER 9, 1775
** The Battle of Great Bridge, Virginia.
DECEMBER 16, 1773
** The Boston Tea Party
DECEMBER 22, 1775
** Battle of Great Canebreak, South Carolina
DECEMBER 30-JANUARY 1, 1775
** The Battle of Quebec
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust 2022 calendar.
NOVEMBER 13, 1775
** Americans take Montreal
NOVEMBER 16, 1776
** Battle of Fort Washington, New York.
NOVEMBER 16, 1777
** British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
NOVEMBER 19-21, 1775
** Siege of Ninety Six, South Carolina.
NOVEMBER 20, 1776
** British capture Fort Lee, New Jersey.
NOVEMBER 25, 1783
** British evacuate New York City.
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust September 2022 calendar.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1774
** The First Continental Congress opens at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
SEPTEMBER 8,1781
** Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina
SEPTEMBER 11, 1777
** Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania
SEPTEMBER 16, 1776
** Battle of Harlem Heights, New York
SEPTEMBER 22, 1776
** British execute Nathan Hale, a soldier in the Continental Army.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1781
** Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, begins
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust 2022 calendar.
AUGUST 6, 1790
** Battle of Hanging Rock, South Carolina
AUGUST 16, 1777
** Battle of Bennington, New York
AUGUST 16, 1780
** Battle of Camden, South Carolina
AUGUST 27, 1776
** Battle of Long Island, New York
AUGUST, 30 1781
** Battle of Parker's Ferry, South Carolina.
--Brock-Perry
From the American Battlefield Trust June 2022 calendar.
JUNE 2, 1774
** The Quartering Act is amended.
JUNE 9, 1772
** A British ship, the Gaspee, was patrolling against smugglers ran aground near Rhode Island and a local mob burns it. The mob is then accused of treason.
JUNE 14, 1777
** Flag Resolution. Congress declared "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field." (And the reason you should display the flag this date.)
JUNE 15, 1775
** George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
JUNE 17, 1775
** The Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts.
JUNE 28, 1776
** The Battle of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
--CootFlag
MAY 10, 1775
** Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga. Also, the Second Continental Congress meets
MAY 10, 1773
** Tea Act-- An attempt by Parliament to undercut smugglers by reducing the price of tea to the colonies.
MAY 12, 1780
** British capture of Charleston, South Carolina.
MAY 15, 1781
** Battle of Fort Granby, South Carolina.
MAY 20, 1778
** Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania.
MAY 28, 1754
** The French and Indian War begins.
MAY 29, 1780
** Battle of Waxhaws, South Carolina
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust.
MARCH 3, 1779
** Battle of Brier Creek, Georgia
MARCH 5, 1770
** Boston Massacre
MARCH 15, 1781
** Battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina.
MARCH 22, 1765
** Stamp Act. Tax on paper goods and legal documents.
MARCH 23, 1775
** Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, Richmond, Virginia.
MARCH 29, 1780
** Siege of Charleston, South Carolina, begins.
--Cooter
From the American Battlefield Trust March 2022 calendar.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
88 acres saved
Picture of Marion Square.
Home to a weekly farmers market and impromptu picnics, Charleston's Marion Square is also the setting for a Liberty Trail-sponsored archaeological study to document the footprint of the Horn Work.
This structure once stood tall as the defensive centerpiece for Continental commanders during the American Revolution. It was where American generals Lincoln and Moultrie surrendered to the British after a six-week siege that began on March 29, 1780.
The trust and its partners, including the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, have saved 88 Revolutionary acres around Charleston.
--Cooter
JANUARY 1, 1776
British thwart Montgomery and Arnold's assault on Quebec, Canada. (I have written about the first two Montgomery warships in this blog and my War o 1812 blog.)
JANUARY 3, 1777
Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
JANUARY 5, 1776
New Hampshire becomes the first colony to declare full independence.
JANUARY 6, 1777
The Continental Army enters second winter encampment of the war at Morristown, New Jersey.
JANUARY 17, 1781
Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina
JANUARY 19, 1776
Thomas Paine published "Common Sense."
--Cooter
6. YULE LOG
Part of ancient solstice celebrations. But, airing on TV of a fire blazing away was 1966 on WPIX-TV in New York City.
7. ADVENT CALENDARS
Early versions started in Germany in 1903. Children open one small door or window each day in the countdown and get something.
8. GINGERBREAD HOUSES
Queen Elizabeth I gets credit for decorating it, but started in Germany
9. THE NUTCRACKER
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Marius Petipa. Premiered December 18, 1892, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
10. UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS
Sounds like a Canadian thing. Hosers!!
--DaCoot
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America November 2021 Calendar.
Each month, this calendar features a U.S. Navy warship that is currently in service.
This month's ship is the guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59).
It is an Arleigh Burke-class ship, commissioned 20 May 1995 and home ported in San Diego. It is the second ship in the U.S. Navy by the name of John Henry Russell. John Henry Russell was a rear admiral in the Navy who fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War. His son, John Henry Russell, Jr. was the 16th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.
It was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
--Cooter
From the Paralyzed veterans of America 2021 October Calendar. Each month, the calendar features a ship in the U.S. Navy that is currently serving.
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GENERAL CHACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine
LAUNCHED: December 28, 2005
HOMEPORT: Everett, Washington
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 9,200 tons full load
LENGTH: 508.5 feet
BEAM: 67 feet
DRAFT: 30.5 feet
This ship is of particular interest to me because it was named after a naval officer, Charles V. Gridley, I've written a lot about in this blog and in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog.
--Cooter
From the September 2021 Paralyzed Veterans of America calendar.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Northrup Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, New Orleans, Louisiana
LAUNCHED: August 11, 2006
HOMEPORT: Sasebo, Japan
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 24,900 tons
LENGTH: 684 feet
BEAM: 105 feet
DRAFT: 23 feet
--CooterBay
A full page picture comes with the month of August showing the USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) and amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD-20) sailing with 15 other U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Australian Navy, Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in formation during Talisman Sabre 2019.
Talisman Sabre 2019 illustrates the closeness of the Australian and U.S. alliance and strength of the military-to-military relationship. This is the eight iteration of this exercise.
--Cooter
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2021 calendar for August.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 9,200 tons
LENGTH: 509.5 feet
BEAM: 66 feet
DRAFT: 31 feet
ARMAMENT: 1 X 32 cell, 1 X64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 X RIM-66 SM-s, NCM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles, 1 X 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 X 25 mm, 4 X 12.7 mm guns, 2 X MK 46 triple torpedo tubes, 1 X 20 Phalanx CIWS (Now that I am totally confused.)
AIRCRAFT: 2 X SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
--Cooter
From the Paralyzed Veterans of American June 2021 calendar.
USS MANCHESTER GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama
LAUNCHED: May 13, 2016
HOMEPORT: San Diego, California
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 3,104 tons full load
LENGTH: 418 feet
BEAM: 104 feet
CREW: 8 officers, 32 enlisted (two crews, a gold and a blue one) and up to 35 mission crew.
ARMAMENT: one Mk-110 57 mm gun, one SeaRam CIWS (This last item is one powerful weapon. I had to look it up and it said it was a complete combat weapon system that automatically detects, evaluates engages and performs kill assessment against ASM and high speed aircraft threats.)
AIRCRAFT: two MH-60 helicopters
--Cooter
Picture for the month of May on the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2021 calendar.
Ships from the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group assume formation for a phot exercise in support for dual-carrier sustainment and qualification operations with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).
In addition to demonstrating the Navy's inherent flexibility and scalability, this evolution provides the opportunity to conduct complex, multi-unit training to enhance maritime interoperability and combat readiness; prepare the Navy to protect our homeland; and preserve and promote peace anywhere around the world.
Boy, someone sure came up with some words in that last paragraph.
--Cooter
GENRAL CHARACTERISTICS
DRAFT: 38.4 feet
SPEED: Over 30 knots
RANGE: Unlimited distance; 20-25 years (Nuclear Reactors)
CREW: Ship approx. 3,200 Air Wing: 2,480
ARMAMENT:
To MK-57 Mod 3 Sea Sparrow launchers
Three 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
Two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Systems
AIRCRAFT CARRIED: 90 fixed wing and helicopters
--Cooter
