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June 21 in U.S. military history

1900: (Featured image) The Chinese empress Cixi formally declares war on foreign powers. 100,000 members of the nationalist “Righteous and

1775: John Adams of the Second Congressional Congress nominates George Washington, a fellow congressional delegate and veteran of the French

1775: Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress establishes the Continental Army. Ten rifle companies are

1777: Marquis de Lafayette lands in South Carolina, having crossed the Atlantic on a ship that the 19-year-old French officer

1775: British Gen. Thomas Gage declares that the city of Boston is under martial law until the colonists repay for