A short history of some of America’s greatest conflicts

Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org The United States of America has been a military power across the globe for a long time. Still, our history with the military and that of our Veterans dates back long before we were fighting on the global stage. The history of America's Veterans dates all the way back to April 19, 1775, with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, marking the start of the Revolutionary War, which lasted from 1775 to 1783. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), “The war between the colonies and the Kingdom of Great Britain continued for eight years. Leaders of the American Revolution were colonial separatist leaders who, as British subjects, i