This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

George Washington of Virginia was the favored choice ... Given this unbroken tradition of service dating to June 14, 1775, it is fitting that the Army recalls the words on the commission of ...

His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with ... two terms but refuses a third. Dec. 14, 1799 Washington dies suddenly after ...