1864:Secretary of War Edwin Stanton establishes a burial ground for Union troops around Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s home. It will become known as Arlington National Cemetery.
1775: George Washington is unanimously chosen by the Second Continental Congress to command the Continental Army.
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