After a filling breakfast of eggs, sausage, biscuits, and a variety of fruits, Adjutant Norman Gillen (U.S. Navy) welcomed the crowd of Veterans to the July monthly get-together. He acknowledged all the branches of the military and asked if any of them knew which one was created first. There were a lot of guesses, but the correct answer is that the U.S. Army was officially established by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775.