Where: Pitchfork Brewing, 745 Ryan Dr., Hudson, WI 54016 - Back Room
When: 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution - 19 April 2025 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Why here: Our Founding Fathers were REALLY into beer!
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war's outcome seemed uncertain for most of the war, but Washington and the Continental Army's decisive victory in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 led King George III and the Kingdom of Great Britain to negotiate an end to the war in the Treaty of Paris two years later, in 1783, in which the British monarchy acknowledged the independence of the Thirteen Colonies, leading to the establishment of the United States of America as an independent and sovereign nation.
The British took over what is now Wisconsin during the French and Indian War, and they controlled all of this area by 1763. It remained a British Territory throughout the Revolutionary War, and was ceded to the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
The flag at the top of the page is the Grand Union Flag, the first American Flag that the American Colonies flew during the Revolutionary War. It was adopted on December 3, 1775, and was used until June 14, 1777. It is also known as the Continental Union Flag, and the Cambridge Flag.