Portal:Philadelphia/Did you know?/September 2010

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The Battle of Trenton

… that the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, founded in 1774, certainly the oldest mounted military unit and quite possibly the oldest military unit of any kind that has been in continuous service to the United States, fought in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown and often served as the personal bodyguard of General George Washington?