18th Century Virginia Musings

Tag: American Revolution – Continental Army

Unanimously appointed to lead Contintal Army, George Washington was the metaphor of the American Revolution needed to bring unity to the colonies.

My son helped build gabion earthwork fortifications, the results of which can be seen today at Yorktown Battlefield from two wars.

Cornwallis…Yorktown…Lafayette…Comte de Grasse…Battle of the Capes…Washington…Rochambeau…espionage…timing…Providence… Prelude to Victory.

Enlisting as a soldier in the Continental Army for three years, giving up all my rights, learning to work as a unit, while ready to endure hardship…

In researching the Lafayette hat my son is creating, I stumbled upon the background of the French American Alliance cockade.