Samuel Shaw (1754-1794) 船长 aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Henry Knox Pierre L’Enfant’s design for the organization’s insignia , a double-sided badge in the shape of a bald eagle bearing scenes of the Society’s namesake, the ancient Roman hero Lucius Quinctius Cincin ...
The Second Continental Congress is famous for uniting the original 13 Colonies in support of the American Revolution. 1774 every colony except Georgia agreed to cease trade with Great Britain!