Salena Zito

One of the most interesting things we could do this summer is travel to experience the country for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

For the briefest of moments, a line of vintage Rolls-Royce automobiles chugged along the curving Cumberland Road. They passed over the Cumberland Run a handful of times and wound themselves down the mountains, away from Pennsylvania and toward the city of steeples, Cumberland. The sight gives the bystander a moment to imagine what it looked like in the early days of American road tripping.

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America's 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen.

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BEDFORD, Penn. -- For the briefest of moments, a line of vintage Rolls-Royce automobiles chugged along the curving Cumberland Road. They passed over the Cumberland Run a handful of times and wound themselves down the mountains, away from Pennsylvania and toward the city of steeples, Cumberland. The sight gives the bystander a moment to imagine what it looked like in the early days of American road tripping.

Gen. George Washington is regaled by an account of a small American schooner defeating a much larger British force.

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Washington is in Philadelphia to brief the Second Continental Congress and writes to Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, asking him to pass along intelligence.

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Washington brings his concerns about New York and Canada to the attention of the Second Continental Congress. But Congress is more focused on the middle colonies.