Battle of Lexington: We Were There – Get All of Our Stories
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 19, 2016
An article about the Battle of Lexington during the American Revolutionary War, based on obituaries of veterans who fought in that battle... (Read More)
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My Name Is Capt. Samuel Payson, and I Fought at the Battle of Lexington
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 5, 2016
An article about Capt. Samuel Payson, Revolutionary War veteran who fought at the Battle of Lexington... (Read More)
Bloody News: Battles of Lexington & Concord Begin April 1775
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 1, 2015
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp showing how newspapers broke the news of the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Lexington on 19 April 1775... (Read More)
Last Revolutionary War Widow Receives Final Pension—in 1906!
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on July 19, 2012
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this guest blog post, Mary writes about the last Revolutionary War pension being paid in 1906—131 years after armed conflict began between Great Britain and its American colonies. It seems hard to believe, but the last Revolutionary War pension... (Read More)
