Posted on 06/14/2008 2:36:50 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
I send greetings to all those celebrating the 233rd birthday of the United States Army.
Since 1775, when General George Washington first lead soldiers into battle, the brave men and women of the United States Army have served a cause that is good, just and noble.
Today, the Army is helping to defeat the ideology of tyrants and terrorists. With unwavering courage in the face of danger, members of the United States Army have made America more secure and earned the respect and admiration of a grateful Nation.
I commend soldiers both past and present for your sacrifices in defence of the democratic principles that are the foundation of this country. I also appreciate all of our nation's military families, who have borne the hardships of war with dignity and devotion. Your contributions will never be forgotten.
Laura and I send our best wishes. May God bless you and your families, and may God bless America.
George W Bush
At least some members of Congress assumed from the beginning that this force would be expanded. That expansion, in the form of increased troop ceilings at Boston, came very rapidly as better information arrived regarding the actual numbers of New England troops. By the third week in June delegates were referring to 15,000 at Boston. When on 19 June Congress requested the governments of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire to forward to Boston "such of the forces as are already embodied, towards their quotas of the troops agreed to be raised by the New England Colonies," it gave a clear indication of its intent to adopt the regional army. Discussions the next day indicated that Congress was prepared to support a force at Boston twice the size of the British garrison, and that it was unwilling to order any existing units to be disbanded. By the first week in July delegates were referring to a total at Boston that was edging toward 20.000. Maximum strengths for the forces both in Massachusetts and New York were finally established on 21 and 22 July, when solid information was on hand. These were set, respectively, at 22,000 and 5,000 men, a total nearly double that envisioned on 14 June.
The whole history is here.
If Obama gets elected there might not be a 234th...
JMHO
Happy Birthday, Soldiers!
Didn't think George took charge in the field until 1776 outside of Boston.
Hooah!
Congratulations on the Army’s 233rd birthday! Good job on becoming regular Army (from the reserves) yesterday!
Hooah.
Today is also Flag Day.
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.
Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though on June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.
From the Real Story of the American Revolution Web site: http://www.rsar.org/military/battles.htm
1775 June 17: Breed's Hill (Boston MA) -- While this is often called the battle of Bunker Hill. there was no fighting on Bunker Hill -- this hill is adjacent to (behind) Breed's Hill. Two British attacks against entrenched rebel militia positions on Breed's Hill were beaten back by concentrated musket fire. The third British attack succeeded only because the American militia ran out of ammunition. The militiamen were driven out of the fortifications closest to Boston, but they sustained only half as many casualties as the British, they remained in a dominating position, and Boston now came under siege. Also on this day George Washington was named Commander-in-Chief by the Continental Congress, and on July 2 he arrived in the Boston area to relieve Gen. Artemas Ward, who had been serving as Commander-in-Chief and directing the efforts of militia regiments from many nearby states.
(Casualties: U.S. militia 450, British 1,050)
so it would appear the troops were authorized on the 14th and George was selected shortly thereafter on the 17th. (emphasis added and typo corrected)
Thanks for the post. Happy Birthday, Army!
“In the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner’s chains.” GEN Dwight D. Eisenhower
All is quiet in Iraq!
“Since 1775, when General George Washington first lead soldiers into battle”
Didn’t think George took charge in the field until 1776 outside of Boston.
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You can hit abuse on yourself and ask moderators to remove your post if you are embarrassed by your blunder.
I wonder why you would think that the Army does not know how many years they have been in existence?
Happy Birthday Army! :-)
Obligatory: If you're reading this, thank a teacher, if you're reading this in English thank a soldier! ...and of course, Happy 233rd!
Ok thanks
So George was in charge of the militia.
Not at all.... There was no USA until the war was won. And the the link that the gent sent earlier spoke of militia and not a US Army specifically... and infact the armies came from the States.....not a central govt.....
Maybe you should go do a bit of reading on the matter and stop believing every propaganda thing the Army puts out. Ignorance and gullibility is quite embarrassing in case you didn't know.
HOOAH!
I tend not to think of "US Army" and "propaganda" in the same context, but if you do then we will not be able to have any kind of satisfying dialogue.
If our Army wants to date their origin from 1775, when a general officer was sent from one colony to another colony to defend our interests against the motherland, then I am cool with their dateline.
“I tend not to think of “US Army” and “propaganda” in the same context, but if you do then we will not be able to have any kind of satisfying dialogue.”
There is no “dialogue”. You came on like an insulting ass.
And since you did, I could care less about you and your obvious ignorance of American history...propaganda included.
I apologize to the others of this forum.
I dont cotton to being insulted by ignorants.
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MEL’s -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts
http://www.Freerepublic.com/~aloharonnie/
http://www.Freerepublic.com/~anita1/
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For many,
...our time as Soldiers never stops,
...praise GOD:
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9/11 Lifesaver Lt. RICK RESCORLA
http://www.RickRescorla.com/The%20Statue.htm
http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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Happy Birthday to the Senior Service! In which I proudly served from 1968 -1972
CPT, ARMOR
3/23 INF, 2d ID 1968-1969
MACV, 1971
Thanks for serving also.
1LT Signal Corps
HHB DIVARTY 2d ID 1991-2
Yo DB, good to know you didn’t leave us...or did you?
Anyways, Happy Birthday to the greatest army on earth and in history.
Still here in comments but not in posts. Best 2 u. I just hope people will ignore me and follow the news. Bless u.
Same to you, buddy.
“Maybe you should go do a bit of reading on the matter and stop believing every propaganda thing the Army puts out. Ignorance and gullibility is quite embarrassing in case you didn’t know.”
So history is now propaganda?
Funny, but there are numerous sources on this subject that all pretty much say this:
“On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress decided to proceed with the establishment of a Continental Army for purposes of common defense, adopting the forces already in place outside Boston as the first units of the army. On June 15, the Congress elected, by unanimous vote, George Washington as commander-in-chief. Washington accepted the position without any compensation, except reimbursement of his expenses.”
But I guess that this is just “Army propaganda”?
“So history is now propaganda?”
Not all propaganda is bad.
Besides did you read all of what I wrote or are you just getting your ovaries fired up because you are an army man?
Maybe you can answer this....
How can there be a US Army before there was a USA?
And how can the Army be that old when the army was disbanded after the revolutionary war...in fact constitution forbids a standing army for more than 2 years in a time of peace.... and there was a time when the govt honored the constitution.
How much of the Army was really militia?
Is the current Army progaganda trying to take credit for what volunteer militia did?
Food for thought.
For example the 101st Field Artillery Regiment was formed December 13, 1636. The regiment is still around and is part of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.
The 3rd Infantry Regiment was formed the same year the Continental Army was disbanded and was comprised of CA veterans as well as officers who held commissions from their respective states.
From 1783 thru June 3, 1784 the Continental Army left a small residual force at West Point and some frontier outposts until Congress created the United States Army.
The Constitution says nothing about disbanding the Army after 2 years of peace.
It says in Article 1, Section 8:
“To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years”
Says nothing about being disbanded.
thank you!........beat me to it! Some people never learn....’course you really can’t ‘learn’ these truisms in ‘gummit schools’ anymore. Only maturity brings the relevance of those lessons home!
thanks....he was a hero, wasn’t he! Ma favorite book last couple years......you guys were the first, History can’t change that! We won militarily because of your sacrifices in spite of a confused country (some things never change!). Like the song says.....”So many things are forgotten”!
Most of the American effort in WW1 (I know it wasn't called that then) were 'militia' (NG, reserves)....but then, that may just be propaganda!
“To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years”
“Says nothing about being disbanded.”
Snicker
Yeah go tell the guys in Iraq that they wont be getting paid or any benefits and see how long until they disband.
“Most of the American effort in WW1 (I know it wasn’t called that then) were ‘militia’ (NG, reserves)....but then, that may just be propaganda!”
After they were federalized in 1910(?)and came under federal law they were not militias.
Militias are of the people.
But you keep grabbing at those straws.....
to a young lady who is a platoon leader in Afghanistan,
to my old platoon SGT who taught me what it meant to be a soldier,
to my friend home from his last tour of Iraq and now flying back in Tennessee,
happy birthday and thank you.
It says that the budget IE “appropriated money” can not be for longer than two years at a time.
That is why there is a new military budget submitted every year.
DOH!
“But you keep grabbing at those straws.....”
Just like you are reading into something that you do not understand?
I did notice that you made no mention about the two units I posted or the fact that the Continental Army existed right up until what is now the Third Infantry Regiment was formed thus proving why today’s Army can say that they trace their lineage back to the Continental Army.
“That is why there is a new military budget submitted every year.”
DOH!
But has it always? Nope. In fact, George Washington had to quell a building mutiny in his officer corps after the victory at Yorktown because the continental congress and the states quit funding the army.
They only saw a need for a Navy because after Yorktown the Rev war was largely fought at sea.
So much like if you get out of the army say for 2 years then re enlist for whatever you need to make retirement, you cant claim you were in the Army the whole time.
Same thing applies here.
Shame you dont know your own history and rules being an regular GI Joe and all.....
Yawn....
Go back and re read what I said. If you have trouble with the big words get a Navy Sailor or a Marine to read it for you.
Then get back to me.
“In fact, George Washington had to quell a building mutiny in his officer corps after the victory at Yorktown because the continental congress and the states quit funding the army.”
Yorktown was 1781, the Constitution was written in 1787.
So your post is irrelevant to the discussion.
“Same thing applies here.”
Only in your mind.
“Shame you dont know your own history and rules being an regular GI Joe and all.....”
It's a shame that I obviously know more than you do, since you bring up something that happened 7 years before the Constitution was written to justify your claims about the Constitution and disbanding the Army after 2 years of peace.
Go back and re read what I said. If you have trouble with the big words get a Navy Sailor or a Marine to read it for you.
Then get back to me.”
Awww, poor widdle kb can't refute what I said so now he tries to disparage my military service in not one but 2 consecutive posts. Not that I expect much from a pixel warrior who's too scared to even have what state he's from on his profile.
Correction, it should be 6 years.
It’s a shame you cant answer a point.
I see you have attended the Bill Clinton school of integrity and answering questions.
Shame on you for claiming to be one of America’s best.
Well you’d first have to HAVE a point.
Shame on you for being an oxygen theif.
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