I was in school in the late fifties and early sixties. We were taught the story of the start of the war at Concord, We knew of Bunker Hill, Betsy Ross, Paul Revere, and Valley Forge. Of course we also knew of George Washington, a cherry tree, and a fellow named Benedict Arnold. We were taught what John Paul Jones did and a lot of other things that I have surely forgotten. Thanks for posting this as it is an important piece of history that everyone should know and remember.
My ggggg-grandfather was a Virginian. He was at Valley Forge and was captured by the British and rescued by some mounted dragoons sent out to find them. After the war he went to North Carolina and was killed by a lightening strike in 1803. He was 58 years old.
