Attached is a picture of a grave site of a Revolutionary War Soldier from Connecticut located in Sauk County, Wisconsin near my home.
http://www.wissar.org/Graves.htm
And above is a list of Wisconsin graves that the Sons of the American Revolution have published with a link to their story.
We went to one near my place for the SC meeting. There is an older gentleman that has done his research on this Rev Vet and Daniel Morgan, as they were together throughout the war.
Very interesting, very inspiring.
As the states get up to speed, it would be great to see "state specific" history wrapped into as many Appleseeds and on the state boards as possible.
Thankfully, the Rev Vets were often frontiersmen, so they reached states that were not part of the actual conflict, giving us a wider net.
Oh the day when we can afford a "state historian" for each state.....
Spending time near ff's place a couple weeks ago at the final resting place of a true patriot that marched off to win our liberty was truly inspiring. I'm sure John Austin looked down upon us as we remembered and, thus, honored him.
Joseph Plumb Martin's grave is listed at findagrave.com:
Joseph Plumb Martin: Nov. 21, 1760 - May 2, 1850 (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Martin&GSfn=Joseph&GSmn=Plumb&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=8619&)
He's the author of A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier.
Quote from: funfaler on October 22, 2008, 10:43:25 AM
We went to one near my place for the SC meeting. There is an older gentleman that has done his research on this Rev Vet and Daniel Morgan, as they were together throughout the war.
Very interesting, very inspiring.
As the states get up to speed, it would be great to see "state specific" history wrapped into as many Appleseeds and on the state boards as possible.
Thankfully, the Rev Vets were often frontiersmen, so they reached states that were not part of the actual conflict, giving us a wider net.
Oh the day when we can afford a "state historian" for each state.....
How about we bestow upon this fine Kentucky historian, Bill???, an honorary RWVA historian award for telling and retelling the RWVA and its members the story of John Austin. Hey, we don't have much to give, but maybe we could offer him a membership or honorary certificate for his generous talk in the cold weather today.
OG
This is the link to the grave site of William Flint and eight other men killed on April 19, 1775 at Menotomy, now Arlington, Mass.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Flint&GSfn=William+&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1775&GSdyrel=in&GSst=21&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=7514854& (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Flint&GSfn=William+&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1775&GSdyrel=in&GSst=21&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=7514854&)
(http://www.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2003/149/7514854_1054339118.jpg)
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