page_title: Campaign streamers of the American Revolutionary War
hierarchical_section_title: Campaign streamers of the American Revolutionary War
context_page_description: Campaign streamers of the American Revolutionary War are a set of campaign streamers that military units participating in designated actions are allowed to display. The basic American Revolutionary War streamer is scarlet with a white center stripe, and a golden yellow inscription identifying the action. Scarlet is the color of the mother country and the white stripe symbolizes the virgin land of the new country separated from its former sovereign by force of arms.
  Participation in the following actions in the American Revolutionary War qualifies a military unit's standard to include a campaign streamer with the given designation:
  Lexington: The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775
  Ticonderoga: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775
  Boston: The Siege of Boston, from April 19, 1775, to March 17, 1776
  Quebec: The Invasion of Quebec, from August 28, 1775, to July 1776
  Charleston: The Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776
  Long Island: The Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776
  Trenton: The Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776
  Princeton: The Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777
  Saratoga: The Saratoga campaign, from July 30 to October 17, 1777
context_section_description: Campaign streamers of the American Revolutionary War are a set of campaign streamers that military units participating in designated actions are allowed to display. The basic American Revolutionary War streamer is scarlet with a white center stripe, and a golden yellow inscription identifying the action. Scarlet is the color of the mother country and the white stripe symbolizes the virgin land of the new country separated from its former sovereign by force of arms.
  Participation in the following actions in the American Revolutionary War qualifies a military unit's standard to include a campaign streamer with the given designation:
  Lexington: The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775
  Ticonderoga: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775
  Boston: The Siege of Boston, from April 19, 1775, to March 17, 1776
  Quebec: The Invasion of Quebec, from August 28, 1775, to July 1776
  Charleston: The Battle of Sullivan's Island (near Charleston, South Carolina) on June 28, 1776
  Long Island: The Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776
  Trenton: The Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776
  Princeton: The Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777
  Saratoga: The Saratoga campaign, from July 30 to October 17, 1777
  Brandywine: The Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777
  Germantown: The Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777
  Monmouth: The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778
  Savannah: The Capture of Savannah on December 29, 1778
  Savannah: The Siege of Savannah, from September 16 to October 10, 1779
  Charleston: The Siege of Charleston, from March 29 to May 12, 1780
  Camden: The Battle of Camden on August 16, 1780
  Cowpens: The Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781
  Guilford Court House: The Battle of Guilford Court House on March 16, 1781
  Yorktown: The Siege of Yorktown from September 28 to October 19, 1781
caption: Trenton Campaign Streamer
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