4th of July Giveaway

John_B said:
...John Paul Jones.

Shoot already taken.

George Washington is a fav of mine for his faith in the Lord. Never has been a better president since then may never be again. Kind of sad.
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You might want to guess again.

Rotte said:
Here are the rules:

4) Submissions must contain the following: A patriot's name and what he or she did to help found this country and further the freedom of all men. E.g. George Washington: led the colonial army to victory against the British forces of tyranny during the war of Independence. (George is not the correct answer.)

5) No redundant guesses, i.e. you can't guess George Washington if someone else already guessed George Washington. Besides, the answer isn't George Washington.
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Well a lot of my choices are taken so I will go with Andrew Jackson, He was a courier in the Revolution at the age of 13 and kicked some @$$ all the way to New Orleans. The First popular elected President. Old Hickory, he was alive on July 4th,1776


Thanks for the contest,

Everyone Enjoy your Independence. Pat
 
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This is a great thread. My guess is Thomas Nelson Jr. Elected to the House of Burgesses in 1774, he was one of eighty nine who convened at the Raleigh tavern when that house was dissolved by the royal Governor. He was a member of the Virginia provincial convention in 1775, and there he undertook the creation of the Virginia Militia. He then assumed duty as its first Commander. Shortly thereafter he was elected to the Continental Congress. Nelson began suffering health problems in 1777 and thought best to retire to his native state. He resumed his military service, much to the benefit of both Virginia and his health. He was reelected to Congress in 1779 but his health again declined and he returned to Virginia several months later.
Once again he resumed service, as commanding General of the Lower Virginia Militia, at a time when British forces began aggressive campaigns against the southern colonies. In 1781, Thomas Jefferson declined reelection as Governor due to his inability to serve the needs of a state under siege. General Nelson succeeded Jefferson and served as both Civil Governor and Commander in chief of the Virginia Militia. Under his command Virginia, both civil and Military, became a force to contend with. Both the Continental Army and French forces utilized the skills of the Virginia units in the Siege of Yorktown in the autumn of 1781.
Finally overcome by illness in October of that year, General Nelson retired from public service. He died at one of his estates, in Hanover County, in 1789 at the age of 50.
 


Awesome depth of knowledge here at W&SS--you guys are fantastic with the history. I've learned about a couple patriots today and am glad to have some company in celebrating the 4th!



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Thanks for the chance! :) This is an AWESOME way to do a contest! :)

I'm going to pick BENJAMIN RUSH! I've always liked his name!

"In 1773 he contributed editorial assays to the papers about the Patriot cause and also joined the American Philosophical Society. He was active in the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia during that time. In June of 1776 he was elected to attend the provincial conference to send delegates to the Continental Congress. He was appointed to represent Philadelphia that year and so signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1777 he was appointed surgeon-general of the middle department of the Continental Army."

I took the above quote from the following website as I couldn't have written it any better! :))
http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/signers/rush.htm
Thanks again!
 
I would love to win the Laredo and I seriously doubt that my choice will be the winner. But the point is freedom and the ideas behind it. I have an unlikely hero of the Revolutionary Period. He spoke one of the most awesome quotes on the right to keep and bear arms that has ever been uttered...yet he is virtually unknown to most people.

No, you have to dig a little for Pennsylvania Delegate to The Continental Congress - Tench Coxe.

Tench Coxe is the epitome of the American Experience and the American Dream. The fact that he is remembered after what he did goes to the heart of American ideal that men can change and be good to each other.

You see, Tench Coxe actually quit the Pennsylvania Militia and joined the British Army. He became a Loyalist, as it were, for a short time. He was captured, arrested, tried, convicted and later he was pardoned for this and went on to serve his country in other ways.

But I always remember Tench Coxe because of what he said about arms and the right Americans have to own them. Especially in this day and age when knives are being banned and there is massive worry about all of this Customs nonsense going on with folding knives.

You see, knives are covered by the Second Amendment.

"The sword and every other terrible implement of the soldier are the birthright of an American."

Happy Independence Day. I am going to have some steamed crabs tomorrow and go watch some fireworks but I am ever mindful that this is not about cooking out...same holds true for Memorial Day.

Remember your Marines who have started a new offensive in Afghanistan this week.
 
I'm going to guess the marquis de Lafayette. I copied the following from Wikepedia. I remember reading about him in school but it was nice to get a refresher on what a great guy he was and for the service he gave to the revolution and the new country. Thanks so much for the contest!


Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (or Lafayette) (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834) was a French military officer born in the province of Auvergne in south central France. Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.
In the American Revolution, Lafayette served in the Continental Army under George Washington.

For his contributions to the American Revolution, many cities and monuments throughout the United States bear his name (Fayetteville, NC was the only one of those he actually visited in person), and he was the first person granted honorary United States citizenship. During France's July Revolution of 1830 Lafayette declined an offer to become the French dictator; instead he supported Louis-Philippe. Lafayette died on 20 May 1834, and is buried in Picpus Cemetery in Paris, under soil from Revolutionary War battlefield Bunker Hill.

Happy Fourth everybody!

John
RAT Pack #73
 
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Great contest Rotte! I was going to say Thomas Paine but got home too late from work. Good luck to everyone and happy Independence Day!!!
 
My guess is - James Mitchell Varnum -
He was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He served from 1777~1779. Varnum advocated allowing African Americans to enlist in the Continental Army,which resulted in the reformation of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment as an all black unit.
 
Happy Independence Day Rotte and everyone and thanks for the great giveaway thread.And most of all thank the Lord for this great nation.
 
Henry Lee III if for no other reason than fathering Robert E. Lee, Henry Lee was known as "light horse Harry"

Excellent thought for a giveaway, Thanks for the opportunity, Have a nice Indepedence Day, and wonder how long we will remain that, Independent?
 
Let us not forget our Polish patriots. One of the most well known being Kazimierz Pulaski who emigrated to America as a soldier of fortune. During the Revolution he is credited as having saved the life of George Washington and became a General in the Continental Army. He was called the Father of the American Cavalry. He died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Savannah.

Just want to add Happy 4th of July to all and God Bless our Troops. Jerry says Semper Fi
 
Frontiersman George Rogers Clark.

From wiki:
(He) attempted to neutralize British influence among the Ohio tribes by capturing the outposts of Kaskaskia and Cahokia and Vincennes in the summer of 1778. When General Henry Hamilton, the British commander at Detroit, retook Vincennes, Clark returned in a surprise march in February 1779 and captured Hamilton himself.
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Being an Englishman, I didn't know too much about the revolution (We don't learn a lot about it at school). I just spent an interesting couple of hours reading up on it.

Happy Independence day to you colonials:D
 
Molly Corbin!

Her husband died in the fight at Fort Washington. She was by his side and took his place in the fight.

Awsome!
 
I'm surprised no one has guessed Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben (more commonly known as General von Steuben) ! :D He is generally credited as being the man responsible for instilling the revolutionary troops with military drilling and discipline! Without a sense of military order it could have been next to impossible to run the war, let alone win it!

His statue at Valley Forge:
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I don't know if this is even allowed, he is a fiction character. I remember when I was growing up in Sicily, my dad was stationed at Sig., we had to read a book called My Brother Sam is Dead. Sam was the one I thought of, He was there acting upon his beliefs, going against his family to fight for what was right. To me that is the American Patriot. If we have to choose a real person...hmmm...the french man Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. He was a french officer who helped train the Americans. He spoke very little English but was known to get down and dirty with the soldiers and would write training drills in French and then his aids would translate them to English. Then they would do the drills in the morning. It was thanks to him that we had an organized army to fight with half the time.
 
If it's not too late, if not I will guess Andrew Pickens. Pickens was a militia leader in the revolutionary war and a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
 
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