In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around Boston and New York — and named after the great George Washington, commander in chief. Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports. It did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant.