July 8 in U.S. military history
1776: Lt. Col. John Nixon, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Philadelphia Associators militia, reads the Declaration of Independence publicly
Read More1776: Lt. Col. John Nixon, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Philadelphia Associators militia, reads the Declaration of Independence publicly
Read More1814: On the banks of the Niagara River in Upper Canada (modern-day Ontario), The United States Army proves that they
Read More1775: Gen. George Washington, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, takes formal command of his troops in Cambridge,
Read More1815: While operating in the Sunda Straight, the American sloop-of-war USS Peacock spots the British cruiser HMS Nautilus, and orders
Read More1776: The unfinished American garrison guarding Charleston harbor comes under attack by nine British ships under the command of Adm.
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