Washington Taking Command of the Army – Vintage Print
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Washington Taking Command of the Army comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Washington Taking Command of the Army
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In this scene, George Washington takes formal command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1775, a few weeks after the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill. Congress had named him commander in chief that June, and the moment became a favorite subject for later painters and printmakers, who often placed it under the large elm on the Common, a setting tradition has kept alive. Pictures like this one turned a military appointment into a national origin story, showing a calm, dignified leader presiding over the young army's first day under unified command.
| Original scan | 514 × 814 px |
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| Reference | Patriotic (134) |
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