4th of July Giveaway

Benjamin sherman signed the Declaration of Independence. He was also part of the Delaware militia
 
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My guess Is Silas Deane, a Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, Who left for France on a secret mission on March 3, 1776. Thank's for the Chance to Win this Bowie Rotte,
 
my geuss is for Nathan Hale for giveing his life for his country. He was executed by the British for being a spy
 
glefic said:
my geuss is for Nathan Hale for giveing his life for his country. He was executed by the British for being a spy
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Sorry citizen, Nathan Hale has been taken by Ossa1970. But there are many others in the pantheon of patriots from which to choose.

Awesome guesses so far guys--keep 'em coming and raise a glass this 4th to those who made the US "the home of the brave" .

 
Francis Scott Key for his poem of him witnessing the defense of Fort McHenry.
 
Betsy Ross.....She sewed the first American Flag. She was a member of the "Fighting Quakers" and was reported to have been visited by then General George Washington. His purported request sew the new American Flag please? This report was told by her grandson after her death.
 
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Francis Scott Key for his poem of him witnessing the defense of Fort McHenry.
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Thoughtful guess, I like it. However, F.S. Key was not born until 1779 according to Wikipedia. Since your guess was patriotic in nature, I invite you to guess again.
 
William Dawes

from Wikipedia:

Dawes was assigned by Doctor Joseph Warren to ride from Boston, Massachusetts, to Lexington on the night of April 18, 1775, when it became clear that a British column was going to march into the countryside. Dawes's mission was to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams that they were in danger of arrest. Dawes took the land route out of Boston through the Boston Neck, leaving just before the military sealed off the town.[1]
Also acting under Dr. Warren, Paul Revere arranged for another rider waiting across the Charles River in Charlestown to be told of the army's route with lanterns hung in Old North Church. To be certain the message would get through, Revere rowed across the river and started riding westwards himself. Later Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's historically inaccurate poem "Paul Revere's Ride" would focus entirely on Revere, making him a composite of many alarm riders that night.
Dawes and Revere arrived at the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington about the same time, shortly after midnight. In fact, Revere arrived slightly earlier, despite having stopped to speak to militia officers in towns along the way, because his ride was shorter and his horse faster. After warning Adams and Hancock to leave, Revere and Dawes chose to proceed to Concord in case that was the British column's goal. Revere no doubt knew that the Provincial Congress had stored munitions there, including the cannon Dawes had helped to secure. Along the way, the two men met Samuel Prescott, a local young physician, who joined them.
A squad of mounted British officers awaited on the road between Lexington and Concord. They had already arrested some riders heading west with news of the troops, and they called for Dawes, Revere, and Prescott to halt. The three men rode in different directions, hoping one would escape. Dawes, according to the story he told his children, rode into the yard of a house shouting that he had lured two officers there. Fearing an ambush, the officers stopped chasing him. Dawes's horse bucked him off, however, and he had to walk back to Lexington. He later said that in the morning he returned to the same yard and found the watch that had fallen from his pocket. Otherwise, Dawes's activity during the Battle of Lexington and Concord remains unknown.
Dawes and his companions' warning allowed the town militias to muster a sufficient force for the first open battle of the Revolutionary War and the first colonial victory. The British troops did not find most of the weapons they had marched to destroy and sustained serious losses during their retreat to Boston under guerrilla fire.
 
My guess is Samuel Adams...

Samuel Adams might be considered the leader of the movement for independence from Great Britain, while most others were still seeking compromise with the Mother Country. While not the only founder, Sam Adams was one of the first founder and organizer of a group known as the Sons of Liberty. (Actually the term was coined by one of the Americans Whiggish parliamentary friends, Isaac Barre) The Sons of Liberty took the lead in organizing boycotts and other forms of protest against British policy.


Some famous Samuel Adams quotes....

"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."


"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"


"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."


"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."


"Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason."


"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty."


"The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."


"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks."


"The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule."


"We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them."
Great give-away buddy, thanks for the chance !
 
I will guess NJ native Richard Stockton.

In 1776, Stockton was elected to the Second Continental Congress, where he took a very active role. That August, when elections were held for the state governments of the new nation, Stockton and William Livingston each received the same number of votes to be the Governor of New Jersey on the first ballot. Although Livingston later won the election by one vote, Stockton was unanimously elected to serve as the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, but he turned down that position to remain in the Congress. Stockton was the first person from New Jersey to sign the Declaration of Independence.
 
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dipbait said:
Francis Scott Key for his poem of him witnessing the defense of Fort McHenry.
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Rotte said:


Thoughtful guess, I like it. However, F.S. Key was not born until 1779 according to Wikipedia. Since your guess was patriotic in nature, I invite you to guess again.
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I believe the battle in question was during the war of 1812.



But it’s good to keep us on our toes, :cool:

…and to think back to all the battles we have fought, and are fighting, for our freedoms.




Big Mike

”Scaring the tree huggers.”

Forest & Stream
 
Ceasar Rodney . He had cancer but rose from his death bed to cast a vote for American independence.
 
pitdog said:
My guess is Samuel Adams...

Samuel Adams might be considered the leader of the movement for independence from Great Britain, while most others were still seeking compromise with the Mother Country. While not the only founder, Sam Adams was one of the first founder and organizer of a group known as the Sons of Liberty. (Actually the term was coined by one of the Americans Whiggish parliamentary friends, Isaac Barre) The Sons of Liberty took the lead in organizing boycotts and other forms of protest against British policy.
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and he makes great beer.:D
 
Rotte, thank you for doing this. I've spent most of my morning reading info about the people that have been posted. :thumbup:
 
This young guy, Joseph Plumb Martin was not famous as was Adams,Jefferson, or Franklin. He was a patriot who fought at Valley Forge and other battles from the time he enlisted at age 14 in 1775 until the end of the war.

There were thousands just like this patriot, nameless, regular guys who sacrificed everything and suffered greatly, but we only seem to remember the famous statesmen that we learned about in school.

On this 4th of July of 2009, I will dedicate the day to the remembrance of these forgotten brave men. When freedom was at stake these guys answered the call.

I nominate Joseph Plumb Martin,14 years of age, and many others like him, who understood the concepts of FREEDOM and LIBERTY.

Read this article - http://www.thenewamerican.com/index...11-ordinary-patriots-extraordinary-sacrifices
 
my guess is Robert Morris, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmɒrɨs/) (January 31, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an American merchant, and a signer to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly and became the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, and a member of the Second Continental Congress where he served as the Chairman of the Secret Committee, and as a member of the Committee of Correspondence. Later Morris was known as the "Financier of the Revolution", because of his role in financing the American side in the Revolutionary War. From 1781 to 1784, he served as Superintendent of Finance, managing the economy of the fledgling United States. At the same time he was Agent of Marine, a position he took without pay, and from which he controlled the Continental Navy. He was one of Pennsylvania's original pair of U.S. senators, serving from 1789 to 1795.

Is is from a town just across the river from where I live now. Thanks for the chance rotte. Doug
 
Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United States are named for him.
 
RICHARD HARRY LEE: Virginia Delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress who made the proposal for American Independence in 1776.


All the other patriots I was thinking of have already been taken.:(


P.S I work for Homeland Security, and I LOVE AMERICA!!!
 
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