The Battle of Brandywine (Pennsylvania): After three days of fighting, Lieutenant General William Howe, commanding the Army of Great Britian, North America, defeats the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington.

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Subsequent Events:

9/18/1777                    12/23/1783                    8/20/1794

References:

Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 162.

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 23.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$39,635,799,057,233

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