Campaign streamers of the American Revolutionary War are a set of campaign streamers that military units participating in designated actions are allowed to display. The basic American Revolutionary War streamer is scarlet with a white center stripe, and a golden yellow inscription identifying the action. Scarlet is the color of the mother country (i.e. Great Britain) and the white stripe symbolizes the virgin land of the new country separated from its former sovereign by force of arms. Campaigns Participation in the following 16 actions in the American Revolutionary War qualifies a military unit's standard to include a campaign streamer with the given designation: Lexington: The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 Ticonderoga: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775 Boston: The Siege of Boston, from April 19, 1775, to March 17, 1776 Quebec: The Invasion of Quebec, from August 28, 1775, to July 1776 Charleston: The Battle of Sullivan's Island (near Charleston, South Carolina) on June 28, 1776 Long Island: The Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776 Trenton: The Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776 Princeton: The Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777 Saratoga: The Saratoga campaign, from July 30 to October 17, 1777 Brandywine: The Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777 Germantown: The Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777 Monmouth: The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 Savannah: The Capture of Savannah on December 29, 1778 Savannah: The Siege of Savannah, from September 16 to October 10, 1779 Charleston: The Siege of Charleston, from March 29 to May 12, 1780 Camden: The Battle of Camden on August 16, 1780 Cowpens: The Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781 Guilford Court House: The Battle of Guilford Court House on March 16, 1781 Yorktown: The Siege of Yorktown from September 28 to October 19, 1781
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