Reflections on the Anniversary of the Congressional Decision to Award a Pension to Margaret Corbin ... Some serve in the military for years and years, never seeing action in combat; others see action before their training is even complete. Today’s story concerns a moment of tragedy and heroism at one of the worst days of the War of Independence: November 16, 1776, the Battle of Fort Washington. One of the legendary characters of our Revolutionary War is the valiant Molly Pitcher, a female volunteer who operated the cannon in battle, as courageously and precisely as any male soldier. This may...