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This week, we remember the first National Day of Fasting and other events from the week of July

16th, 1775.

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By the second half of July 1775, the siege of Boston had settled into, well, a siege.

Both sides sat behind their lines and awaited more action.

George Washington had taken command of the Continental Army just a few weeks earlier and was still

assessing the army in the situation. British commander Thomas Gage had been rocked by British

losses at Bunker Hill a month earlier and was also trying to wait for more information from London about what to do next.

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