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Both of my grand-fathers were in the Continental army and fought the British until the war closed and Independence was gained - when peace and joy reigned in the hearts of all, the lovers of freedom and liberty in the thirteen States of the Union. This was obtained through a great sacrifice of life and treasure. History tells of hundreds whose lives were freely offered a sacrifice for the freedom we now enjoy.
O! what a legacy is left us, and may we ever remember that vigilance on our part is necessary, that like those heroes, we may leave unimpaired to our children the same precious blessings of liberty, freedom of speech and conscience, peaceful, pursuit after happiness and other blessings of our kind and merciful Father. Therefore, let us continually give thanks to Him for his loving kindness and tender mercies to the children of men and pray for Him to bless us all along our journey through this world, and finally ransom us from the grave and give us a home on high.
1 - Frankenstein published
15 - Esther Marsh died Scotch Plains, New Jersey age 72
26 - Amelia Speer born daughter of John & Mary Barbary (Grove) SpeerFebruary
19 - Esther (Marsh) Clark probateMarch
2 - Harriet (Rice) Powell born
15 - Andrew Jackson invades Florida during the Seminole War
18 - U.S. Congress approves first pensions for government service
Margaret CloydGrand-mother Speer's maiden name was Margaret Cloyd; where born I do not know. She had a brother named Solomon Cloyd, who came from Virginia in early times and settled in the then Green County, Ky, on Little Pitman creek, where he died, leaving a family of six children (four sons and two daughters), of whom I shall say something later. Gen. Joseph McDowell, of Revolutionary war fame, was her uncle, whose life and service in freedom's cause is made honorable mention of in our country's history of that struggle. (See Irving's Life of Washington.)
2 - Alison Bryan md. Magdalena Erkman in Bearden, Arkansas
8 - President Woodrow Wilson reveals his Fourteen Point plan to Congress & Mississippi is first state to ratify the 18th amendment to establish prohibition
14 - Bernice Wheeler, born & died, daughter of Lonnie & Anna (Erkman) Wheeler
20 - Juanita (Freeman) Oliver born Grand Tower, IL
27 - First Tarzan movie premiers in New York CityFebruary
3 - Mary Ellen (Hardin) Crane Rhodes died in Iowa age 75
8 - Stars & Stripes military newspaper debuts
Both of my grand-fathers were in the Continental army and fought the British until the war closed and Independence was gained - when peace and joy reigned in the hearts of all, the lovers of freedom and liberty in the thirteen States of the Union. This was obtained through a great sacrifice of life and treasure. History tells of hundreds whose lives were freely offered a sacrifice for the freedom we now enjoy.
O! what a legacy is left us, and may we ever remember that vigilance on our part is necessary, that like those heroes, we may leave unimpaired to our children the same precious blessings of liberty, freedom of speech and conscience, peaceful, pursuit after happiness and other blessings of our kind and merciful Father. Therefore, let us continually give thanks to Him for his loving kindness and tender mercies to the children of men and pray for Him to bless us all along our journey through this world, and finally ransom us from the grave and give us a home on high.
Was she the most dangerous young woman in American history? Peggy Shippen born in 1760 was the granddaughter of a Philadelphia mayor and belonged to one of the city's first families. At their fancy home, just around the corner from Independence Hall, her parents entertained George Washington as a dinner guest. At eighteen, Peggy Shippen married a crippled, war-hero widower twice her age. Together they embarked on a plot to destroy the American revolution . . . Peggy was Mrs. Benedict Arnold.
Documents made available in the 1920s proved conclusively that Peggy had been an active conspirator with her husband from the very start.
In 1776, at age sixteen, Peggy was a beguiling, charming star of the Philadelphia scene. When she was seventeen, the British invaded and occupied the city. Peggy developed a friendship with a particularly handsome and charming twenty-six-year-old British officer, John Andre.
When the British left Philadelphia, Benedict Arnold was appointed military commander of the city. Arnold's successful exploits at military engagements at Fort Ticonderoga, Quebec, Valcour Island and Saratoga place him, in my opinion, alongside Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman and George S. Patton, Jr., as one of the most effective field commanders in American military history. Some might compare his tactical achievements with those of Robert E. Lee and Stonewell Jackson.
