The #GnadenhuttenMassacre targeted 96 Christian #NativeAmericans on #ThisDayInHistory in 1782 in Ohio during the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar. The American militia attacked #pacifist #Lenape #Moravians, killing 39 children, 29 women, & 28 men, who prayed and sang hymns as they died.
Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War
British General Charles Cornwallis and mortally wounded Continental Army (American) general Johann de Kalb after the Battle of Camden, 1780 AD
A lengthy #SiegeOfGibraltar was lifted in 1783 on #ThisDayInHistory following a humiliating defeat by French & Spanish forces. The need to defend a vital Mediterranean base forced Britain to divert ships from the #AmericanRevolutionaryWar, contributing to their loss at #Yorktown.
Birth of the US Marine Corps