Our Patriots
A thru E
Bladen Ashby (VA)
Andrew Barr (PA)
Caleb Bentley (NY)
James Claghorn (MA)
Isaac Coe (NY)
James Colgrave (NY)
John Cooley (NY)
Thomas Crampton (MD)
Asa Cranson (MA)
Henry Delamater (NY)
Gottleib Demuth (PA)
Simeon Dewey (NH)
James Dickens (NC)
Peter Doty (NJ)
Samuel Eddy, Sr. (MA)
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death” - Patrick Henry
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“It is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.” - George Washington
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”- Thomas Jefferson
f thru J
Isham Farmer (VA)
Elijah Fitch (CT)
Samuel Finch (CT, NY)
Philip Fishburn, Sr. (PA)
Samuel Fuller (NH)
William Gatton (MD)
John Frederick Gaul (PA)
Patrick Graham (PA)
John Gray (VA)
Phillip Gray (RI)
Jonathan Graves (MA)
Noah Green (CT, MA)
Philip Greiner (PA)
Valentine Greiner (PA)
Joseph Hastings (NC)
Alfred Hathaway (VT)
Thomas Huddleston (PA)
K thru R
Frederick Leasure (PA)
John Marshall (PA)
James McCausland (RI)
Robert McCullough (PA)
James McLean, Sr. (PA)
William Manker (VA)
John Murray (NC)
Conrad Nicodemus (MD)
David Nida (VA)
Ephraim Norris (MA)
Fenner Palmer (NY)
Robert Peebles (MA)
David Pinkerton (NC)
Daniel Place (RI)
Samuel Ranger (MA)
Mathias Ringle (PA)
Lemuel Roberts (CT)
Wing Rogers (VT)
George Rossman, Jr. (NY)
sa thru st
Andrew Shafer (MD)
Melchior Sees (PA)
Jacob Sherman (MA)
George Shipley (NC)
Christian Shroll (PA)
John Shroll (PA)
Aaron Smith (VA)
Edward Spalding (NY)
Joseph Spalding (CT/VT)
Rufus Spencer (MA)
John Stearns (MA)
Josiah Stevens (MA)
Lewis Stevens (VA)
Melchior Stock (PA)
Abijah Stowell (MA)
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” - Thomas Paine
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“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of people whose manners are universally corrupt.” - Samuel Adams
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“The United States Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” - Benjamin Franklin
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“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” - Benjamin Rush
t thru z
John Teel (PA)
Edmund Toney (VA)
Daniel Tuthill (NY)
James Van Voorhees (NJ)
David Waterbury (NY)
Perez Walker (MA)
David Warner (MA)
Philip Welzheimer, Jr. (PA)
Amos Woodworth (NY)
Philip Yeager (NY)
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