Posted on 10/29/2013 4:07:34 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid
These stunning images are early photographs of some of the men who bravely fought for their country in the Revolutionary War some 237 years ago.
Images of Americans who fought in the Revolution are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-1783 lived until the dawn of practical photography in the early 1840s.
These early photographs – known as daguerreotypes – are exceptionally rare camera-original, fully-identified photographs of veterans of the War for Independence – the war that established the United States.
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It’s a great story.
I do see your point.
Ironically my 4th Great Grandfather did an expedition with Daniel Boone as well as served for the entire Revolutionary War lived into his late seventies. Males on my fathers side have all been exceptionally long lived for the ages they were born in except for the ones who died from accidents.
They were no strangers to ruling class pretensions. They'd know them to the soul after one look. And then they'd turn to us, smiling, saying, "Nothing new under the sun. Kid, you've got some work to do."
Thank you so much for posting this. Incredible. I loved how there were so many centenarians from the Revolutionary War.
Yes, and we’d better be listening to them.
PFL
No problem, Red. I was fascinated by the article and the pictures, and was pretty sure my fellow FRiends would enjoy them, too.
Regards,
As a kid in the early or mid 50s we used to watch a show, I think called True Story. Sponsored by Pall Mall. One week they interviewed 100+ year old Jesse James.
I guess a few years ago they family had his grave dug up, dan test against the family dan samples, and seems like the actual Jesse was buried in that grave after all.
My 5g-grandpappy (b1861ish) was a revolutionary POW, reenlisted when paroled by the brits, and lived to 1855 - so I’m unsure if it was the wear and tear or just the genes, but I’m proud to be a SAR (though not a member of the org).
This gentleman looks like he should be selling beer. Or oatmeal.
Regards,
My wife's geneaology hobby resulted in her discovering she is a direct descendant of a Revolutionary War veteran -- James Barham.
He lived to the age of 101, as I recall, and was thought to be the oldest living Revolutionary War veteran at the time.
He fought at Guilford C.H., the Battle of Petersburg and was present on the parade ground at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.
In his later years, he lived in Ash Grove, MO and contingents from both the Union and the Confederacy visited his home and performed a 19-gun salute in his honor before proceeding to fight the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield.
His grave, in the Mt. Pleasant Church cemetery, is a National Historic Site.
Quite a man.
Check out the ages on these guys.
Most are over 100.
Heck, what will we look like when we hit the century mark. (if we do)
I expect another wrinkle or two, but not much more :-)
I’m not surprised, they had better diets, less processed stuff and less government forced injections.
LOL! I look like that now and I’m only 67!
It’s amazing that my great grandfather was alive at the same time as these men. I just goes to show how young a country we are.
Yeah, I hope it IS true (other than the kid dying), but I just don’t want liberals to act like nothing we say could be valid because we believe (whatever) that they think had been debunked.
I would even still tell the story with a little soft disclaimer added, like Wikipedia does. In fact you could just preface it with “It may just be legend, but a story is told that...”
Very interesting! (Of course they are selling something!) Who knows for sure. Thanks for the link.
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