10 May--This Day in US Military History

2015-05-10T10:10:41-04:00

1775 – The Second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania and at the suggestion of John Adams, named George Washington as supreme commander.

The Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. By raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties, the Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States.
When it came together it was, in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress. Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting were in attendance at the second, and the delegates appointed the same president (Peyton Randolph) and secretary (Charles Thomson). Notable new arrivals included Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and John Hancock of Massachusetts. Within two weeks, Randolph was summoned back to Virginia to preside over the House of Burgesses; he was replaced in the Virginia delegation by Thomas Jefferson, who arrived several weeks later. Henry Middleton was elected as president to replace Randolph, but he declined. Hancock was elected president on May 24.
Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress convened. Georgia had not participated in the First Continental Congress and did not initially send delegates to the Second Continental Congress.

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May 10

10 May 1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci left for his 1st voyage to New World. 1730 - George Ross, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born. 1773 - George III gives royal assent ...

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 10 at 2015 10:24 AM

2015-05-10T10:24:33-04:00

Great piece of history!

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made May 10 at 2015 10:35 AM

2015-05-10T10:35:07-04:00

For all the Warthog fans ..
1972 – First flight of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (a.k.a. “Warthog”)

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 10 at 2015 2:24 PM

2015-05-10T14:24:43-04:00

As in all insurgencies and revolutions, it gets started by the societal elite giving the cause a genesis.