Bunker Hill Drummer Boy
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 29, 2015
An article about Rufus Kingsley, who was one of three drummer boys at the Battle of Bunker Hill, with details of his life from his obituary... (Read More)
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Revolutionary War Recollections in Newspapers: Remembering General Putnam
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 26, 2012
An article about American General Israel Putnam and the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775 during the Revolutionary War... (Read More)
Thomas Hill—American Revolutionary War Minuteman Hero Gone
By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 21, 2012
“Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In searching through early 19th Century newspapers, time and again we find historical obituaries about the passing of “Revolutionary Heroes,” as America’s newspapers recorded the honored service of those who fought to secure this country’s freedom from England.... (Read More)
Portuguese American Revolutionary War Hero’s Obituary Discovered
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 20, 2012
You can learn a lot about the Americans who fought in our country’s wars—from the Colonial Indian Wars down to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq—from GenealogyBank’s online newspaper archives. Revolutionary War Hero Lives to Be a Centenarian This old obituary gives us many details of the life of John Peters, a Portuguese American... (Read More)
