The 250th anniversary of the events of the American Revolution are well underway, with 2026 marking the semiquincentennial the Declaration of Independence.
DeLancey’s Brigade (Revolutionary War Re-enactors), Kings Landing, New Brunswick (Credit: Leah Grandy)
Two hundred and fifty years ago in 1776 . . .
⚔️January 1st - Burning of Norfolk, Virginia destroyed loyalist property
⚔️February 27th - Battle of Moores Creek Bridge suppressed loyalist activity in the Carolinas
⚔️March 17th - Boston evacuated by the British
⚔️June 28th - Attack on Charleston by British repelled
⚔️July - Declaration of Independence adopted by the Second Continental Congress
⚔️August 27th - Battle of Brooklyn/Long Island, victory for British under General Howe
⚔️October 11th - Naval success on Lake Champlain under Sir Guy Carleton stops Americans’ northern movement
⚔️October 28th - Battle of White Plains, New York, solidifies British control over the region
⚔️November - British occupation of New York, the main base of operation for war
⚔️December 26th - Battle of Trenton
"The engagement on the White Plains, the 28th of October 1776: between the American & British forces, January 1792," D. Martin, The New York Public Library Digital Collections.