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Patriots

Sarah Osborn BenjaminSupporting the patriot frontlines during the American Revolution
Michel Capitaine du ChesnoyA Frenchman who mapped the Revolution
Bernardo de GálvezAn unlikely ally
Winsor FryFormer slave fighting as a patriot, and navigating life in a new nation
Christopher GreeneLeader of an integrated regiment that died on the battlefield
Button GwinnettOne of only 8 delegates who were British-born.
Faith Trumbull HuntingtonWitness to carnage that was too much to bear
Stephen TainterA young patriot who carried a drum instead of a gun
Han Yerry TewahangaraghkanForced to choose a side

Loyalists

Peggy Shippen ArnoldAn attractive socialite who secretly helped facilitate treason
Thomas BrownA loyalist who endured torture and eventually exile
ThayendanegeaA Mohawk leader aligned with the British
Harry WashingtonA slave of George Washington who found freedom fighting for the loyalists.

Daughters of the American Revolution

American Battlefield Trust

American independence was not pre-ordained. It was won on the battlefield by brave volunteers willing to sacrifice everything for an ideal, a hope and the promise of liberty. Marrying our organizations' respective grounding in the fascinating people and places of the Revolutionary era, we are bringing to life the diverse viewpoints and experiences of those who witnessed the dawn of a new nation.

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