Photos of Places

United States

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	Connecticut Brooklyn • New Haven • New London » view »
	Georgia Savannah » view »
	Maine Thomaston » view »
	Maryland Annapolis » view »
	Massachusetts Boston • Cambridge • Charlestown • Concord • Lexington • Medford • Quincy » view »
	New Jersey Fort Lee • Morristown • Princeton • River Edge » view »
	New York Albany • Bronx • Brooklyn • Manhattan • Katonah • Stillwater • Stony Point • Vails Gate » view »
	North Carolina Greensboro • New Bern » view »
	Pennsylvania Brandywine • Germantown • Philadelphia • Valley Forge » view »
	Rhode Island Coventry • Newport » view »
	South Carolina Charleston » view »
	Vermont Bennington » view »
	Virginia Alexandria • Beaverdam • Charles City • Charlottesville • Colonial Williamsburg • Fredericksburg • Forest • Mason Neck • Montpelier • Mount Vernon • Richmond • Stratford • Yorktown » view »
	Washington, DC » view »

Europe

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Paris, France

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In the fall of 1775 Congress chose brown as the original color for the national uniform. In October 1778, however, France sent uniforms with a predominance of blue coats (although there were also brown), and so on 2 October 1779 Congress switched to blue as the official color.

— Michael Stephenson

Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought (2007)