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July 3, 1775: George Washington took command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2022-07-03

June 15, 1775: George Washington was unanimously selected as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2022-06-15

June 15, 1775: George Washington was unanimously selected as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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2021-06-15

Detail of Charles Willson Peale’s 1784 portrait of George Washington following the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781 https://t.co/b3xsZIFtXM

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2018-12-01