Marblehead elected Glover along with future revolutionists Elbridge Gerry and Azor Orne to committee posts.

[8] After the First Continental Congress passed the non-importation agreements sanctioning trade with the British, Glover was elected to enforce the embargo as a member of the committee of inspection.

John Glover along with Azor Orne and Elbridge Gerry petitioned the town of Marblehead for a hospital to be built on Cat Island.

[16] In subsequent actions of the New York campaign the regiment fought well against the British at Kip's Bay when the Redcoats invaded, landing on Manhattan and Pell's Point.

On October 18, 1776 General Howe landed 4,000 men at Pell's Point (Present-day Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx, NY) to cut off Washington's escape from New York City.

Without a superior officer to direct his actions, Glover took command and positioned his men behind stone walls on both sides of the road.

As the British advanced Glover's regiment would fall back, leapfrogging past the next group who would, in turn, begin firing.

As commander of a brigade made up of four Massachusetts regiments, he served in the successful Saratoga campaign with General Schuyler along the Hudson River in the summer and fall of 1777.

In July 1782, General John Glover retired from the army, due to his failing health and was placed on the half-pay established by a resolution of Congress.

[19] In 1784, the Marquis de Lafayette visited Glover, who fought with him in the American Revolution during which they "had shared the hardships and victories of the battlefield as well as the friendship of Gen. George Washington.

"[20] Glover served in local offices including six terms as a town selectman, delegate to the state convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution (1788), and two-term member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1788-1789).

During his 1789 tour of the United States, President George Washington made a detour to see Glover and thank the residents of Marblehead for their service during the war.

[22] His death is now commemorated annually by Glover's Regiment, with a memorial lantern procession to his tomb and a three-volley gun salute.