New York Campaign 250th anniversary

In August 1776, the British occupied Staten Island and controlled the harbor with more than 31,000 well-armed, highly trained, professional soldiers and a fleet of 10 ships-of-the-line, 20 frigates, hundreds of other vessels, and 10,000 sailors.  American Revolution (1765–1783) was a political conflict involving the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain, culminating in the American Revolutionary War and the independence of the colonies as the United States. RW11.  Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier song available at https://amzn.to/4byKUg5 Music by Mark O'Connor available at https://amzn.to/4dao7bw Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology by Mark O'Connor at https://amzn.to/4rQ3qVV Music by James Taylor available at https://amzn.to/4szH2kY The Revolution DVD box-set available at https://amzn.to/4p8seIt   American Revolution books at https://amzn.to/43DduIG   Revolutionary War games and souvenirs at https://amzn.to/487e2YU ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet  SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you).  Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet  Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's Historical Jesus podcast at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus    Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels  Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM  Audio credits: The History Channel Presents - The Revolution narrated by Edward Herrmann & directed by Peter Schnall (2006 A&E Television Networks); Mark O'Connor and James Taylor perform 'Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier' from the albums Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology & Liberty! Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.