July 1775


Monday 03:

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



Saturday 08:

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



Wednesday 26:

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



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