The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Jan. 15, 1776
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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At his headquarters, Gen. George Washington convened a council of war. Present were John Adams, a Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress and an outspoken advocate of independence, and James Warren, then serving as paymaster general and a member of the Navy Board.
Washington argued that a bold strike against the ministerial army in Boston was necessary, and that it had to come before British reinforcements arrived in the spring.
The council responded unanimously:
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