Today, were going to focus on the Continental Army. And this is were situating this very much in the broad history. Of war and the military. And the Continental Army, a lot of ways, is different from other armies that have preceded it, largely because its one thats very much based on ideals and certain concepts and beliefs rather than sort of your traditional army. So, what is the Continental Army, what is it . America. America, okay. Continental army based in america. It electrical but first United States army, but before it is the u. S. Army it is the army of america, yes. But what element . Certainly part of the American Revolution. The united colonies. Yeah, the united colonies. So when does the Continental Army begin . Its not necessarily with the start of the revolution. But we are going to pick up the story with the beginning of the war. So, a couple classes ago, we were talking about the french and indian war. And the french and indian war was a world war that fundamentally alt
The carolinas, maryland to maine. And the storm is so wide, it could cover twothirds of the United States. The fierce winds at the center cover an area almost the size of texas. Our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight and abcs weather editor sam champion starts us off right now from miami. Sam . Reporter good evening, diane. Tonight, sandy is running parallel to the florida coastline, but creating a stir in places really far north from here, like washington, d. C. , states like new york, virginia, maryland, have all declared a state of emergency ahead of this storm. Even the u. S. Navy is taking this storm seriously, pulling 21 ships out of the harbor in norfolk, feeling theyll be safer in the open water than they will be bouncing around in port when this storm comes onshore. So, where is this storm going . Lets show you the latest from the hurricane center, and youll see in the track, it is still expected to run up the coastline, go out a little bit and then coming back
Advice. Our spooky person of the week. The Addams Family good evening. As we head into this weekend together, 66 million americans are bracing for impact. Hurricane sandy, lumbering up the east coast and threatening to come ashore as an unprecedented superstorm. It means epic winds, snow, flooding rain from florida to the carolinas, maryland to maine. And the storm is so wide, it could cover twothirds of the United States. The fierce winds at the center cover an area almost the size of texas. Our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight and abcs weather editor sam champion starts us off right now from miami. Sam . Reporter good evening, diane. Tonight, sandy is running parallel to the florida coastline, but creating a stir in places really far north from here. Like washington, d. C. , states like new york, virginia, maryland, have all declared a state of emergency, ahead of this storm. Even the u. S. Navy is taking this storm seriously, pulling 21 ships out of the harbor in no
Trailblazing American actress Ellen Holly, the first Black person to star in a soap opera, has died. The White Plains resident, who helped change the face of daytime television with her lead role on One Life to Live, passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday at the age of 92 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New York.