July 1775

Monday 03:

George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Olive Branch Petition is adopted by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.

The birth of what would later become the United States Post Office Department was established by the Second Continental Congress.

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