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 and the white stripe symbolizes the virgin land of the new country separated from its former sovereign by force of arms.
Participation in the following 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 17, 1775
Ticonderoga: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775
Boston: The Siege of Boston, from April 18, 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
