Deborah Sampson covered her chest with a tight piece of cloth, adopted a man's name and enlisted in the Continental Army's elite light infantry in 1782. For 17 months, she marched through the Hudson ...
Throughout the course of the American Revolution, approximately 231,000 men fought in the Continental Army against the British Army. These men were willing to give their lives to help their young ...
History At Play™, LLC (HAP) has garnered international acclaim for their solo and ensemble Immersive Living History Experiences, chronicling the lives of legendary figures who changed society. A ...
Disguised as a man, Deborah Sampson joined the Revolutionary War and took a bullet for the cause. The Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum in Boston will honor her memory by displaying a ...
By any account, Robert Shurtleff’s time serving in George Washington’s Continental Army during the American Revolution is a story at which to be marveled. Shurtleff spent 17 months fighting in an ...
MERRIMAC – History At Play’s artistic director and founder, Judith Kalaora, brings her living history performance about the life of Deborah Sampson, American’s first professional female soldier, to ...
MIDDLEBORO — The Middleborough Historical Association will celebrate Deborah Sampson this Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Middleborough Historical Museum, 18 Jackson St. Edward Beaulieu, a resident ...
Little is known of Deborah Sampson, a young Massachusetts woman who, disguised as a man, fought in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. This is not surprising as her actions were surely ...
This week concludes the story of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who served in the infantry during the American Revolution by pretending to be a man. After two years in service, her masquerade was discovered ...
BOSTON – Young women visiting the Massachusetts Statehouse may soon find a new female hero among the halls of male historical figures. Noticing a dearth of women’s history displayed in their workplace ...
EXCLUSIVE: A major pre-emptive spec-script deal has just closed, with Amy Pascal‘s Pascal Pictures acquiring Christopher Cosmos’ American Rebel. It is based on the true story of Deborah Sampson, who ...
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