Last Men of the Revolution

[RoyGBiv]

I came across this interesting article about an 1864 effort to interview the final 6 survivors of the American Revolution. All of them >100 years old at the time...

Worth a few minutes when you get a chance.

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2012 ... ution.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Most fascinating to me was the story of Mr. Milliner, who was only 6 years old when the Declaration was signed. He served under General Washington as a "Drummer Boy".

[10Shooter]

Interesting link,
thanks,

[equin]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[erick619]

thanks for sharing!

Most fascinating to me was the story of Mr. Milliner, who was only 6 years old when the Declaration was signed. He served under General Washington as a "Drummer Boy".

..and he came up with $15! That was a lot back in the day!

[The Annoyed Man]

Wow, that was really cool. Thanks for sharing it.

[Dave2]

I came across this interesting article about an 1864 effort to interview the final 6 survivors of the American Revolution. All of them >100 years old at the time...

Worth a few minutes when you get a chance.

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2012 ... ution.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Most fascinating to me was the story of Mr. Milliner, who was only 6 years old when the Declaration was signed. He served under General Washington as a "Drummer Boy".

This might be the coolest thing I've seen all year... thanks