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Also Known As Margaret Cochran
Born November 12, 1751 • Franklin • Pennsylvania
Died January 16, 1800 (aged 48) • Westchester • New York • (Anniversary in 7 days)
Role In American Revolution
Nancy Hart holding British soldiers at gunpoint during the American Revolutionary War, 1778.
Nancy Hart
American Revolution heroine
Darragh, Lydia Barrington
Lydia Barrington Darragh
American war heroine
Sybil Ludington
Sybil Ludington
American Revolutionary War heroine
Anna Warner Bailey
American patriot
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
president of United States
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
British-American author
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Joseph Campbell.
Joseph Campbell
American author
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
American politician
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
American statesman
Laurens, John; Hamilton, Alexander
John Laurens
American army officer
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
American general
John Singleton Copley: painting of Paul Revere
Paul Revere
United States military officer and silversmith
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren
American writer and historian
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
United States general