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Continental Soldier Citizens – America’s People’s Army

The featured image brings together images of Dr. Ricardo Herrera and Adel Aali from the interview, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, alongside painting "The March to Valley Forge, December 19, 1777", by William B. T. Trego, Museum of the American Revolution. Visit AARevulotion.net for more images and interviews of scholars of the American Revolution with host Adel Aali.

Updated: April 24, 2026 Introduction “That equated to roughly 20% of the male population. That’s the highest percentage in American history. World War II, 12%.”  Watch this segment in the video below (01:04:22).  Militias existed. Local defense existed. So why did the Continental Congress create the Continental Army—only to limit its power? What was this […]